Who Will Blink First: Boehner or the Newbies?

Here is a good test for you, newly elected, first-term Republican House members. Will you a) do as your leader (Boehner) commands or b) stick to your guns and not vote to increase the debt ceiling? Now, I understand you ran against this sort of "reckless Federal spending", but do you realize what would happen if you voted against raising the debt ceiling? Actually, I think you do know what would happen and part of me, correct that - most of me, thinks you would be really happy to vote against the debt ceiling and have the United States default on its debt, because that wouldn't create any problems at all.

So there you have it. You can fulfill your wet dream of having the US default on its debt or you can cave into the demands of party leadership and do the right thing. Either way, you are screwed. Good luck with that. My favorite part is when Boehner asks them to act like adults. Ha!

“I’ve made it pretty clear to them that as we get into next year, it’s pretty clear that Congress is going to have to deal with this,” Mr. Boehner, who is slated to become House speaker in January, told reporters.

“We’re going to have to deal with it as adults,” he said, in what apparently are his most explicit comments to date. “Whether we like it or not, the federal government has obligations and we have obligations on our part.”

From the Wall Street Journal.