Republicans cannot decide whether Obama is lying about the default, and about what their strategy should be in negotiating with the President. Some say we should push it to the brink, and others like McConnell say Obama should be given unilateral authority to raise the debt limit.
I think it's fitting that the chickens have come home to roost. The Republicans courted the mentally unstable Tea Party and now they are paying the price. The Tea Party does not have a reasonable view of what government is, thinking agencies that regulate pollution and food health are unnecessary costs on businesses. They think taxes should not be raised under ANY circumstance. And now, John Boehner is having to deal with trying to circle up the votes of these people in order to raise the debt-ceiling, when they don't think the date is even real at all. Maybe this will be a lesson for the Republican party. The non-Tea Party Americans will not look favorably on unreasonable positions, and this could end up costing the Republicans votes in the long run.
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