Chris Van Hollen actually said...

Should he say if you don't adopt my plan I'm not going to sign a debt ceiling increase?

I wish I shared Senator Romney's optimism about the chances of not defaulting this year, having been very involved in the 2011 debate. I am ...

signals a deficiency of leadership

Why not? Because crashing the global economy if we don't get what we want isn't policymaking, it's hostage taking, and it's extremism.