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ffr

(22,670 posts) Thu Oct 10, 2013, 08:58 PM Oct 2013

Friday October 11th, 2013, Govt. Shutdown forecast (Best guess)

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Boehner and Co. will give in sometime after 4PM PST on Friday and before start of business day on Monday in Washington, D.C.

Given the stinky degrading position he's in and without options, his only way out is to eat as little crow as possible and reduce the severity of damage done to the GOP brand. He'll do a clean CR deal with Harry Reid in the late afternoon as part of the Friday afternoon news dump to lessen the negative blowback in typical Republican fashion.

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Friday October 11th, 2013, Govt. Shutdown forecast (Best guess) (Original Post) ffr Oct 2013 OP

Well, Carnac the Magnificent, Cirque du So-What Oct 2013 #1

Looking at the stock market futures Turbineguy Oct 2013 #2

Cirque du So-What

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1. Well, Carnac the Magnificent,

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 09:08 PM

Oct 2013

I'm inclined to believe your prediction stands a greater than even chance of coming to fruition.

Turbineguy

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2. Looking at the stock market futures

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 09:19 PM

Oct 2013

I give your prediction a high degree of confidence.

The next question might be: Will Mr. Obama do one of those little victory shuffles he does so well?

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