Lawrence Summers: In Shutdown Debate, Focus Should Be On Growth Instead Of Deficit.

Growth

"Current and future budget deficits are now a second-order problem relative to other, more pressing issues facing the U.S. economy. Projections that there is a major deficit problem are highly uncertain. And policies that indirectly address deficit issues by focusing on growth are sounder in economic terms and more plausible in political terms than the long-term budget deals much of the policy community is obsessed with...If even half the energy that has been devoted over the past five years to "budget deals" were devoted instead to "growth strategies," we could enjoy sounder government finances and a restoration of the power of the American example." Larry Summers in The Washington Post

And there he kept her very well.