us to this shutdown. >> or the democrats. >> take a vote. stop this first and end the shutdown right now. >> on the left, stephanie cutter. on the right, newt gingrich. in the crossfire, democratic congresswoman sheila jackson link who wants the government reopened without conditions. and republican michaelly who wants the president to negotiate. keep the government closed or shut down the politics. tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire." i'm newt gingrich on the right. >> and i'm stephanie cutter on the left. joining us tonight are democratic congresswoman sheila jackson of texas and republican congressman of pennsylvania. tonight i can make a republican make my case. >> talking about the tea party caucus? >> not tea party caucus. not at all. it's a lemming caucus. it's guys who meet privately. they're always conspiring. it's mostly just about power. and it's just gotten us nowhere.