Of course, the foreigners who hold our government debt have no mortgage on the country, although many ignorant people seem to believe otherwise. If we default, they get . . . NOTHING but the paper they are holding. They have NO other recourse. Naturally, we’d never be able to borrow again at reasonable rates, but that’s a far cry from a Red flag over the Capitol.

And his last line is just dumb: “I’ll never vote to increase Obama’s debt limit . . .” Never is a long, long, time. What if the Democrats agreed to the Cut, Cap, & Balance plan? Amodei has pledged to vote against it!

More likely some shorter-term compromise plan would be the deal, but he’s already pledged to vote NO – without ever having seen the details. That’s not the sort of thoughtful person we need in Congress. He’s just playing to the fears of the electorate in a cynical ploy for political gain.

At least I hope that’s what he’s doing, because if he actually believes all that, he’s a moron.