Divorce Court???

The government shutdown has resulted in a lot of finger pointing as to which side is truly at fault.  The truth of the matter is that both sides are at fault, however, it is truly a rhetorical analysis with no definite answer. It all depends on the beliefs of the individual and when you're dealing with beliefs it will never result in a true right or wrong answer.  The other part of the equation is that most people don't follow politics in depth which results in believing the basic ideological notion of the party they feel they are a part of.  With all of this being said the government shutdown is the fault of both sides.  

President Obama can not negotiate on the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare), because that is his dream child and after loosing the Syria fight to Russia he must stand his ground on this issue in order to be taken seriously through 2016.  On the other side, the republicans in the house were voted in to fight against the plans of President Obama.  In order for the republicans to stay relevant and maintain control in the house and hopefully gain control in the senate they have to maintain their ground.  

I am predicting that the current shutdown will stay in effect until the debt ceiling must be increased in order to allow more bargaining power for both sides.  
Unfortunately this is going to result in a decrease in the US's credit rating and will ultimately hurt all citizens. In all reality the House and Senate need to meet with a high school guidance counselor who can teach them how to actually mediate and work out their problems, or maybe they need to see a marriage counselor, because if they don't this divorce is going to get super ugly and all of us, their children, or going to suffer.