So it seems the Republicans are looking forward to another debt ceiling crisis. Their plan looks to be that they are going to threaten defaulting on America's loans and destroying the world's economy unless the Democrats are willing to slash holes in the social safety net.
I find my main reaction to this is to wonder why the Democrats are so mind-numbingly bad at PR. It's an evil plan bent on destroying necessary and extremely popular programs and this should be being pointed out to everyone starting a long time ago. This wad of wickedness should be hyped until everyone is sick of it and the people associated with the plan ought to be beaten over the head with it come election time. This is just one of many reasons why the Democrats seriously need to organize some sort of information distributing network- their policies really are supported by a majority of people but for some reason not everyone knows it.