The Democrats are better than 6 months post due on reconciling the 2010 budget a practice that is implemented in every budget in every company in America. The Democrats when back and reviewed who gained when the governmnt shutdown in the Carter and clinton Administrations and found that both Carter and Clinton did. So Obama and the Democrats decicde to roll the dice and intentionally create a shutdown on the belief that the Republicans will suffer in 2012. The only problem this time around is that the majority of the nations is fed up with the irresponsible spending. No its not about the money. Its about the money we no longer have