Reply #5: That's what I thought at first but then I wondered if S&P is truly [View All]

[Raven]

worried about the crazies in Congress sending the US and the world into a complete meltdown. S&P may have joining the growing list of experts and rational people who have warned about the consequences of not raising the debt ceiling. This is a game of chicken. Obama has to continue to insist on a clean bill on the debt limit. He can suggest that the debate on entitlements (I hate that word) budget cuts come with the 2012 bundget process. I think most rational people would accept that and I still cling to the assumption that most people in this country are still rational.