Republicans Hope for U.S.'s Failure

The last thing Republican's want is a recovering economy or real headway on the deficit before the 2012 election.  Never before has the debt ceiling been used in the extortionist way it's being used now.  President Obama called their bluff and offered even more deficit reducing spending cuts, but that is not what the Republicans actually want—what they really want is a bankrupt U.S. until the election thinking that that will enhance their chances of recapturing the White House.  Well they are wrong.  People are seeing through their ruse and it will come back to kill them in 2012!  I just wish democrats wouldn't stop playing politics of old and start swinging with the same cynicism that the GOP has honed over the last 20 or 30 years.