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Looks more negative, because we are down ability 130 points. and the market is used to stalemates in washington, but this is a little bit more aggressive, because it is not just about the shutdown, but the debt ceiling debate on the horizon, too, and not raising the debt ceiling has a much bigger effect, because you have the full faith and credit of the united states is in jeopardy and that could hurt business confidence, but overall, what is interesting is that traders downstairs are crossing their fingers hoping that the government does not shutdown. they are hedging just in case, but that i...

Him hostage and they're holding the rest of the country hostage. it's really pathetic. >> if there is a shutdown, how long do you expect it will last? >> i'm hoping that after these guys go through this exercise and maybe get it out of their system, that there will be some adults in the room that are able to say, okay, let's just get this done. you've had your effort. you've played long enough. now let's go back to the business of the country. i'm hoping that a shutdown doesn't happen, that cooler heads prevail. but let's just say it does. i'm hoping it will only last a couple of days and that...

Of enough republicans to be able to pass this. i don't expect ill l he'll get a lot of cooperation from democrats who don't want to see any cuts. but i think he'll push as hard as they can to get the maximum level of spending reduction. which is what she should do. many of the voters who elected many of these new members of want want to see and are following through on that. we need to push as far as we get and get spending reduction as much as we can in this unfinished business from last year. this is sort of the small ball in this game and the big game is going to be the 2012 budget, the deb...

If we're looking at a long-under shutdown, one that is two weeks, one that leads up to the october 17th deadline for when the -- we reach our debt limit, then you can talk about serious ramifications, especially for congressional republicans. >> looks like republicans for now are kind of shouldering much of the blame here. that's kind of the deal. what's the penalty? okay, they blame the republicans. what's the system they feel very secure in their home districts. they believe they have the weight hoff their constituents behind them. so what the fallout for republicans if there is blame to be ...

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