If they refuse to raise the debt ceiling, they will be blamed by Rats & the MSM for the instant gov’t downsizing.
If they raise the debt ceiling w/o substantial cuts, they will be voted out of office by their PO'ed constituents.
If they are to be blamed regardless, they might as well be blamed for doing the right thing - cap the spending at the current debt ceiling & refuse to increase it w/o substantial cuts beginning immediately with the repeal of Obamacare, a known budget buster. Tell the Rats the House will not be producing any more debt ceiling proposals - it's a waste of time.
I suspect many conservative voters - the voters who elected the TEA Party freshmen to Congress, understand that the debt ceiling is the ONLY legal restraint on the out of control spending. These freshmen are far more likely to lose their job by voting WITH Boehner than against him.
You have an excellent analysis.
I don’t know if Mccain really said that about the Hobbitts or if something got lost in the translation..but Tea Party is taking a beating by the Establishment.
They are about to take a beating from the public once they public sees this was once against just BS.
I don’t think enough of the general public know that no current congress can bind a future congress. I have seen a lot of people on this site not understand that.
I hope the election in 2012 makes that point and the cuts must happen now.