it was artificially created in order to be unbearable, but -- it is a ridiculous way to run a country. and gee, all we needed was a clown like ted cruz to come in and egg on the house republicans to shut everything down and he seems to manage not to bear any personal responsibility or have to make any tough calls himself. but we'll see what he does. he could torpedo this whole thing by refusing to give his consent. >> matt lewis, what's going to happen, matt? i've been calling a lot of my conservative friends in the house on the hill, they seem just as concerned as everybody else that we could have a default. we could continue the sequestration process which really hurts defense, hurts dod, hurts our intel capability. what your hearing? >> here's what i think might