re: #340 klys

How much of the chance of default being a “remote possibility” is based on the assumption that the Republican lawmakers are sane and don’t want to see the government default? To what percentage of the House Republicans do you think this definition actually applies?

Exactly. The moneyed interests very likely didn’t want a shutdown and have been saying for days now that they don’t think it was smart to do so over the ACA. So this assumption that they carry enough weight to push Boehner into putting a clean debt ceiling increase on the floor and getting enough Republicans to vote for it alongside Democrats is not exactly sitting on solid ground right now.