house together, the consensus from all of us is that we would get this done in a few hours. i would argue that even if sarah palin were in the room, that we could find a way to get together. >> that's like a triple dog dare, dafna. even if sarah palin were in the room we could figure out a way to get this done. msnbc.com also takes a look at how women are shaping up the talk. so explain, are republican women worried about what's going on? we know that susan collins was over the weekend trying to spearhead her own effort. >> sarah palin is not in the room and neither is michele bachmann. these two tea party women are just not part of this effort, though, as you said that's being spearheaded by republican women who have had a very successful year in working very closely with their democratic counterparts on everything from military sexual assault to other kinds of benefits for women across the country. and i think that republican women, especially, are seeing the effects of the shutdown on their party. the fact that women are watching the effects of the shutdown very