Attacks from both parties on too many fronts. I'm watching it, but documenting it all here would be like a football play-by-play. Too much work.

Democrats desperately want a shut-down to force "business as usual," and are doing everything they can to engineer one. Then they think they can play the same game they played in 1995. The propaganda is already starting.

Some cynics wonder if the reason the Democrats didn't pass a budget before the last election was precisely because they knew they were going to get their asses kicked and wanted to be able to pull this.

Obama is going to veto anything the Republicans are doing to try and ensure important services continue. Here's an example.