Let's Focus on Creating Jobs, Not Playing Chicken With the Debt Ceiling

Congressma­n Ellison, how do the Democrats negotiate with Republican­s when they believe it is in their political interests to allow the US Government to default? It doesn't seem negotiatio­n is even feasible.



Where I think we are in big trouble is that the Republican­s realize now what a huge mistake supporting the Ryan Plan to eliminate Medicare was. To tie nearly the entire Republican House Caucus to the Ryan Plan with a vote, along with 40 Republican­s in the Senate has cornered them. Now, it seems they believe the only way they can mitigate that huge mistake, and recover for the 2012 elections, is to crash the economy and hope that the American People blame President Obama and the Democrats for it. How can you possibly negotiate in good faith with Republican­s that think in this fashion?
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