Selective Shut Down strategy better than Debt Ceiling bluff

By: Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary)  |  January 17th at 03:35 PM  | 

Despite my “gamecock” nickname, I have never favored games of chicken and so don’t support a House GOP contest of Blind-Debt-ceiling-Man’s Bluff either. I have always thought that protest votes, especially if cast by a majority that would have the United States default on its current obligations, were irresponsible. Moreover, how much credible a threat is such a bluff under current circumstances? Zero, with but | Read More »