[kabar]

Instead, they threaten to play games with the debt ceiling. As if that would solve the problem even if they followed through. It's political posturing for its own sake, while they keep passing budgets we can't afford.

They are not using the leverage they have. The GOP leadership has surrendered. An amnesty, according to Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation, will cost $6.3 trillion yet the GOPe principles include legalization of the 12 million lawbreakers. How is that being fiscally responsible?

We now have a clean debt ceiling bill passed by the Dems with 18 Reps including the entire GOP House leadership, i.e., Boehner, Cantor, and McCarthy. They need to be replaced.

[highball]

No disagreement here - they’re pathetic.

It’s just that the debt ceiling isn’t the place to make a stand. We’ve got to stop running up the credit card bills, not just ignore the statements when they come due.