It’s most troubling and frankly, unfathomable that a Speaker of the House would want his job so badly that he would allow the United States and the world to go into default just to please the small minority of Tea Party fascists.  Mario Piperni hit the nail on the head with the above graphic and article below.

Mario Piperni

The latest on the manufactured crisis forced upon a nation by an insane few.

Steve Benen:

There was palpable relief last night surrounding the debt ceiling. The House had withdrawn from the process; Senate leaders had crafted a bipartisan compromise; and the twin crises appeared to be nearing their end. All the House had to do was bring the Senate measure to the floor.

This apparently won’t happen. Hopes that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) might muster the courage to lead his members in a responsible direction were dashed…