[Cincinatus' Wife]

According to Rasmussen, 82 percent of Democrats want to end the shutdown by maintaining spending for the Affordable Care Act at the current levels, while 71 percent of Republicans would prefer to keep the shutdown going until the law is defunded.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/oct/10/only-17-percent-americans-think-us-right-track-pol/

[Bearshouse]

Call me obtuse, but how the heck do you temporarily raise the debt ceiling? At the end of 6 weeks, does the debt ceiling lower again? And how would that work when we've already exceeded the current limit?

I'm getting a headache.