Or, start investing while people are getting nervous. Honestly, while the tea party is strong, my feeling is that the majority of the Republican party are some

Or, start investing while people are getting nervous. Honestly, while the tea party is strong, my feeling is that the majority of the Republican party are somewhat reasonable conservatives who actually like having an economy. They'll use the softness in the stock market to reinforce why they need additional tax cuts or other concessions and ride to the rescue when they 'miraculously' come to a compromise days before the limit. Such is the state of politics today.