What is everyone's estimate for length of government shut down?

[Recycle_Guru]

I'll vote but won't put my thoughts here.

What do you think will happen? How will it end if it does indeed happen there is a no compromise by Saturday?

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	No Shut Down
	7 (22%)
	1 to 7 days
	3 (9%)
	2 to 4 weeks
	20 (63%)
	Greater than 4 weeks
	2 (6%)
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[MiniMe]

1. If it's longer than 4 weeks, they are cutting their own throat

[jls4561]

2. I do not want to specify a time, but I will predict this...

The shutdown will end before Lauren Boebert does something (anything) classy.

[Recycle_Guru]

5. for sure

[getagrip_already]

3. Right now, they have people gaslighted that a shutdown won't

Affect the general public. It will only impact govt workers, and nobody cares about them.

As soon as people realize how badly it will start hurting them, and who is causing it, it won't seem like such a good idea anymore.

[Recycle_Guru]

4. I think it will be toward end of first week they realize

what suicide they are engaging in

[Delphinus]

10. I sure

hope so.

[Journeyman]

6. If it must happen, I hope it lasts long enough to seriously cripple the R's chances in 2024 . . .

[2naSalit]

7. I'm waiting...

For the brawl in the gang of punks' cloakroom, kevvy will survive long enough to face an ouster attempt that may actually fail. Dems may have to save him but it would be the biggest slap to the House gang of pedophiles if that happened.

Not that they won't keep trying to screw everything up but it will stunt their momentum.

[Recycle_Guru]

8. my hope is they get their shutdown..McCarthy panics

and makes a deal with Dems to shelve impeachment inquiry in return for their votes on a long term spending bill agreed to before and votes to stop a motion to vacate in its tracks

[2naSalit]

11. I can see that as a possibility.

There are many, no way I could corner the market on those.

[NutmegYankee]

14. We shouldn't help Kevin.

A coalition of moderates from both parties electing a moderate speaker would do a lot to end the dysfunction in the house. It won’t happen, but Kevin pulling the impeachment stunt should receive no help from our party.

[meadowlander]

9. Once it starts, what's the pathway out?

If you're waiting for Marjorie Taylor Greene or Matt Gaetz to fold to pressure from their electorate, you're going to be waiting for a while. They've already made it clear they have no shame, no conscience, no public spiritedness, no ability to compromise and they don't give a shit what the majority of Americans want.

This is a Congress that needed 14 ballots and four days to agree on Kevin McCarthy as the Speaker. How quickly are they going to be able to turn around a consensus view on this?

[haele]

12. Unfortunately, 2 - 4 weeks.

It will take calls from scared constituents and businesses that rely on government spending to jerk their leash enough for them to decide to pass a clean bill.
The 12th and 15th of October paydays will start the calls.

Haele

[Recycle_Guru]

15. you and many others are likely correct

I voted 1 to 7 days, but I am probably overestimating McCarthy's spine

[ananda]

13. I don't have a clue.

I'm really at a loss here.

[MistakenLamb]

16. Trumps lasted 35 days I expect GOP to make sure Biden's last longer

They will really want to play into harming government workers going into Thanksgiving time

[Recycle_Guru]

17. fair point. so far "no shut down and 2-4 wks are our leaders

but greater than 4 weeks definitely possible

[Recycle_Guru]

18. 26% of voter's guessed correctly--no shut down

hope we don't have to wonder again in another 45 days