Going back to the Clinton - Gingrich battle, and several others, the Shutdown/slowdown will be no different than previous ones. The Republicans will loose seats in the House next election, the Democrats will gain in both the House and Senate. Tea party people will vanish into political elected heaven, and we will see increase in jobs.
Because:
We will now have some affordable health care, our spending on health care will go down, and many more people will have insurance. Women will be allowed to keep some of their rights, but the glass ceiling will get much thicker.
Now is the time to get rid of some of those military bases that are in the tea party districts.