Chris Van Hollen actually said...

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 ...

Attempting to extract partisan policy concessions with threats to intentionally drive the American economy off a cliff is the very definitio...

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.