It will last as long as I want it to last

This is getting bizarre. Does the GOP really want self-immolation? Perhaps you should review what I posted yesterday about the GOP and morality and how the gov't shutdown fits in their goals. Now to the latest revelations:

The plans for a shutdown began not long after Obama was reelected as a final effort to undo Obamacare (since over 40 votes in the House didn't seem to do the job).

And…

Normally, any House member can bring a continuing resolution (the bill at the core of the shutdown) to the floor for debate. On the evening before the shutdown the House Rules Committee (dominated by the GOP) declared that only one person -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor -- can bring a continuing resolution bill to the floor.

A few of the GOP House members who want to vote on the Senate version of the bill (and end this madness) have made a motion to do so. They have been denied, because they aren't Eric Cantor. They reply, "Democracy has been suspended, Mr. Speaker."

So the shutdown will last as long as Tea Party puppet Eric Cantor wants it to last.

My friend and debate partner said that while the debt limit extension has a deadline of Wednesday night, the shutdown doesn't have a deadline until voting day 2014.