The sort of deals made all the time between Socialists and Crony Capitalists. After they have snuffed out individual rights entirely, they will fight each other for supremacy.

The media has done a poor job of communicating the net result of a "government shutdown."

The reality is that the federal government does NOT shutdown UNLESS it loses its ability to borrower.

"The so-called government shutdown which started last week [2013] affects just 17 percent of the entire federal government, according to a recent spending calculation.

The numbers are based on information requested from the Senate Budget Committee, as well as data from the Obama administration and the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. A Senate Republican source verified the calculation to FoxNews.com, after it was first reported by The Washington Examiner.

The calculation that 83 percent of the government is still running shows how some parts of the government -- unless the country loses its ability to borrow -- simply cannot be shut down, even if Congress is unable to agree on a spending bill as happened last week.

The bulk of the federal budget goes toward what is known as "mandatory" programs -- entitlements like Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. These payments cannot be interrupted in the case of a partial government shutdown. "

See:http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/...

I agree on shutting down, but disagree on the GOP. Its just an act for the Republicans.

Politics is about people with different points of view making deals to come to conclusions. It is not a group of people each standing on their own position as a matter of principle.

The trick is what kind of deals get done. There is a perception that the current Republican congressional majority is miserable at getting deals done favorably. They are too afraid of being blamed for "shutting down the government".

Most of us, of course, think that's mostly a pretty cool idea.

Gets what he's after?
Trump: I'll won't "Lincoln" you con-gressmen if you give me absolute power.
Con-gress: Yes, master .

The reasonable response is to stop wasting your votes on evil (GOP/Dem) and vote on principle for a third party (e.g., libertarian.)

It depends on whether he gets what he's after. He's used to building things in New York so he has to be able to make deals with Democrats to get things done.

In the Senate, unless you have 60 votes you still need to make deals. We don't like making deals with the Democrats because they always get more of what they want than we do.