Drunk On Tea

House Speaker John Boehner can't get enough votes from Tea Party Republicans that will slash spending in return for a debt ceiling increase. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Senate proposal from Harry Reid remains the only alternative, and that's almost as bad as the Boehner bill. President Obama had better -no, had best - be prepared to invoke the Fourteenth Amendment to keep the country from going into default. The Tea Party is so intoxicated with their power to hold up everything, it may be the only thing anyone can do.

Obama might be a hero in the end if he can stave off cuts to the social safety net. But right now everyone in Washington is a goat.