The U.S. debt-ceiling crisis highlighted the precarious, brittle state of the U.S. economy and public finances. But the result, approved by Congress on Tuesday, also spotlights one of President Barack Obama's most significant blind spots – his insistence on reasonableness in dealing with unreasonable political opponents.
The U.S. debt-ceiling crisis highlighted the precarious, brittle state of the U.S. economy and public finances. But the result, approved by Congress on Tuesday, also spotlights one of President Barack Obama's most significant blind spots – his insistence on reasonableness in dealing with unreasonable political opponents.
You mean you want Obama to be as uncompromising and dogmatic as the Tea Party?