You can’t get a Democrat to cut spending. Once they start doing that, there’s no reason to reelect them. So if Boehner and the Pubbies vote against a raising of the debt ceiling and we default on our debt, there wil be hell to pay and the Pubbies will pay it. The Dems will make sure of it.
Make the Democrats pay. Attach the measures I outlined to the debt bill. If the Democrats reject them, they’ll be the ones to put ideology above the good of the country.
Unless you just like to hand Obama the credit card with a no strings attached higher limit.