You have to understand that these people are all part of the government, so they think a government shutdown is a Big Effin' Deal. The whole time, I've been thinking, "Hell yeah, shut it down, and keep it shut." I suspect I'm not alone in that.
They regard a government shutdown as unthinkable, on a par with repealing the law of gravity. Oh wait, they already did that.
We're over the cliff now, and everybody's going, "Hey look! I can fly!"