So much for hope from House Speaker John Boehner, when it was reported late last week that he wouldn't let the nation default and would seek bipartisan votes to raise the debt ceiling. Well, it turns out that Speaker Boehner has walked that back, when he was on ABC's "This Week", telling George Stephanopoulos that we are heading for default because of the Democrats and President Obama's intransigence. Apparently it looks like that the Tea Party's still willing to wag Boehner's dog all the way to Oct. 17 unless the President gives in to the Tea Party's demands. This is a very dangerous game that Boehner is playing. It may be time for the administration to have some second thoughts on the 14th amendment, section 6.
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