in the shutdown. the country suffered for this, but this failure, republican failure and congress, is a bottomless at this point, it is epic. congress has taken this vote, and now they go away for a week to lick their wounds and figure out who they are going to blame. now have to take up the job of keeping the government open and not hit the debt ceiling again in february. now they have to get back to supposedly running the country. what changes because of this journey that we have been on? because surely we cannot stay here. surely everybody acknowledges that.