I won't have a cow over it. He is the adult in the room and sees that the children are ready to burn down the world economy and split the country into pieces if they don't get something to say they won.
I believe the Republicans know they created a monster when they created the Tea Party and see that there is only one way for them to regain some control. Sever the country into pieces.
The changing demographics and the success of creating the Tea Party has created a situation where a Republican will not be able to regain the Presidency or control of the Senate until the end the madness which ensures that a Tea Party crazy, or severely damaged centrist, will continue to be the Republican candidate for President as well as the Party candidate in too many Senate races to regain control there.
The sane, and Business wing, Republican donors and leaders hope that the shutdown and dept ceiling either destroys the Tea Party or the Country.
Obama will give the Republicans something to save the Country and the world economy and we should react properly. I believe the most likely concession will be the Medical Device tax and he will demand enough of a hike in the borrowing limit to cover it.
The way to react is to recruit electable candidates for 2014 and get the vote out to ensure we maintain control of the Senate and retake the House. If we push the meme that this will be a wave election the best candidates will run to fill the available seats knowing that this next year presents their best chance at winning. People want to go with a winner and will be more likely to vote if they see their candidate has a good shot at winning.
Obama will throw the Republicans a bone and we must work make the voters know why he had to do it and the way to stop the tantrums, We can do that by recruiting candidates for every position on the ballot to ensure that we win control of the House and Senate in 2014 to minimize the damage the Tea Party and their Republican enablers will inflict upon the country, and the world.