That adjective doesn't further the conversation, but I'll comment on that. How is that "stupider" than doing like Boehner and becoming a part of the disaster?
Letting something happen IS becoming a part of the disaster. That’s how.
It would be one thing if we held to a Republican position (eg ‘no tax hikes for now’) and a failure to come to agreement because Obama insists on some tax hikes meant tax hikes for all.
It’s another to simply have NO position other than “we want all the tax hikes to happen.” That would put Republicans in favor of middle class tax hikes. Great way to lose the House next election. That’s ‘stupid’ in my book.