The deadline to raise the Debt limit seems too close for a deal to be agreed upon, written and voted into law. Yet, the closer we get to August 2nd, the more intense pressure from the Republican moneyed elite will become to cut a deal, any deal. Enter Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's emergency eject plan.
Perhaps to prove Obama's point about mindless intransigence, the Tea Party crowd is literally calling for McConnell to be burned in effigy. The Republican leadership is being eaten by the monster they created and I wonder whether they can rally their caucus around any plan at all.
What happens next is anyone's guess. I'll be following the proceedings with the usual mix of confusion, amusement and horror. On the one hand, I worry about playing the long game with a petulant opposition that clearly has no actual method to their madness. On the other hand, I'm glad Obama is much smarter than I.
Aaron Sorkin should consider a new season of West Wing. Our current reality is a drama that writes itself.
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