In other words don’t bet on it. I don’t think you can ever underestimate our current group of politicians, and expecting them to do the right thing is pretty unlikely where the debt ceiling is concerned.
Brilliant. If you ask the public, they’ll say they don’t want the debt ceiling to be raised, don’t want the consequences that come with default, and don’t want the proposals being debated as part of debt-ceiling talks.
Forget the “Party of No”; we’re now looking at the “Populace of No.”
But as we’ve talked about before, these polls should be rejected as irrelevant. Policymakers really don’t have any other choice.
I have a feeling policy makers will find a way to make the least politcally costly choice, which I believe is to do nothing and then point fingers.