we re back. despite the antics of tea party red hots like ted cruz and michele bachmann, the government shutdown was not some game or street theater. the gop s kamikaze strategy has claimed more than just political casualties on the right. $24 billion have been drained from the economy, according to standard & poor s. economic growth predictions have been slashed is, consumer confidence saw its biggest decline since the 2008 bankruptcy of lehman brothers. and thanks to the short-term nature of the deal, the prospects of a credit downgrade are still very much alive out there. and then important workers were furloughed. the national institutes of health had to slash cancer treatment trials and and jim cramer is host of cnbc s mad