About 40 percent of our GOP senators are poised to vote for a large new dose of public spending. Does that mean we can count on them to be responsible and support a debt ceiling increase? Is the next crisis over before it began?
To refuse to lift the debt ceiling is nihilism under the best of circumstances. In the current environment, it would be throwing gas on a fire. In addition, voting to hold the country hostage for spending cuts after supporting a massive new spending program would be an act of breathtaking hypocrisy.
Don’t bet it won’t happen.