The Moderate Republicans have to break the deadlock and demand the Hastert Rule be ended.

The Republicans have a very dangerous group within their caucus and unfortunately it is the newest upspring of anarchy, namely The Tea Party.  The longer this government shutdown goes on the longer it can go on simply because the people will become used to it. Anarchy to the Tea Party means they rid the country of the Sixteenth Amendment. It is one of their cornerstones. It has been a huge mistake to allow the Tea Party the majority voice in the House. 

By Michael A. Memoli and Lisa Mascaro 
October 1, 2013, 8:50 p.m. 

As Democrats remain unified, (click here) the gap between the GOP center and right is widening. Republican moderates believe their calls for compromise will eventually be heeded....

This is not 1995. This is very different and there was no anarchic rhetoric involved in any stalemate of government budget control. There is today. There are elements in the Tea Party that are just fine with the way the shutdown is going and want to continue it until the nation becomes used to being on their own without a federal government.

The Democrats can't end this. The President is correct. The more latitude the Tea Party takes from governance, the more they will take. The Republican Moderates have to come forward and lead; that might mean calls for bipartisanship and removing The Hastert Rule from the House Floor. Since, the Speaker is not capable of anything except rhetoric interspersed with "...ah, ah, ah..." the Moderates need to consider forming their own caucus and leading.