consequences? republicans were blamed back in 1995. and president clinton was able to use that as a springboard for his re-election. he was re-elected in 1996. are there winners and losers? one thing we know, the majority of the public would like to see compromise over a shutdown. pretty substantial majority right now, 33% say hold out at no costs according to a new poll from gallup. 58%, kiran, say find some kind of deal, don t let the government shut down. if the government shuts down, congress and white house, by the way, employees, they still get their paychecks. that is not the case for hundreds of thousands of government workers and possibly tens of thousands of government contractors. tony himenez joins us from washington, he has a company called micro tech, provides i.t. support to agencies like the irs, defense department and social security administration. tony, thanks for joining us. give me a sense, do you provide