Uh, so I just realized that we have two days before the US defaults.
Haha, you guys can stop with the brinksmanship now. Haha, I mean, you got us, funny joke. Good one, yeah. Haha.
EDIT: Okay, to be much more accurate, it will be roughly 2~ days before the US starts defaulting on debt-based payments. However the US does not have any payments due to foreign bondholders until October 31st. The things that will be begin defaulting between the 17th and the 31st are all domestic stuff, like SS payments.
Still looking pretty fucking ugly. Since the GOP have been clamping down even harder (and recently amended the House rules to prevent an end run around the Tea Party by allowing a clean vote with just the cooperative GOP reps and the Dems), the chances of this being resolved in time are pretty grim.
We could be in for some really bizarre theatre soon: One possible outcome is that Obama will use that 14th Amendment trick discussed earlier, followed by the House voting every day to impeach him, and the Senate rejecting it every time. The bigger TP cranks are already laying the groundwork, with bad articles saying Obama should be impeached already.