re: #166 Naso Tang

But on the other hand while I’m still trying to understand this, why did the Boner want the exercise? Did he just want to be able to claim that it was the Democrats that said no, all the while knowing he was wasting time?

That is even less principled than the Tea Party stance, I think.

Pretty much. Boehner wanted to go into the default with a Republican plan out there, so that he could say that the Senate’s refusal to vote on it or Obama’s refusal to sign it was the reason why we failed to meet the deadline.

Now? He’s got nothing, because his own party is putting their “principles” before country, because they want to “stop Obama’s spending.” So pull up a chair, because we’ve got front-row seats to the Second Great Recession.