Can someone explain the government shutting down in the USA thing please?

Just like the tory NHS pay squeeze, this is happening not because it is necessary, but because a small clique of right wing fruitcakes wish it be so. How long, both there and here, before the simmering public resentment flashes over into anger?

I think Barrack Obama is playing clever
and will no doubt put him/ our his party back in when the next election comes round again

US presidents can’t seek more than two terms of office. I think that Obama is trying to secure a legacy with Obamacare.