Republicans threatened to shut down the US government again, and won small acts of sabotage: cancelling out Washington DC's initiative to legalize marijuana, and a little deregulation for banksters to cause future financial havoc.

The banksters were aiming for more than this. If they don't get all that now, they will try again soon enough. They have lobbyists and lawyers who will work full time for years to be able to create bubbles and pop them, swindle their clients, and fraudulently foreclose millions of people's homes.

Their first victory was blocking the US from imposing adequate regulations to prevent another crisis.