Want Dems to Win in 2012? Then Default

Senate Republicans are telling Treasury Secretary Geithner that a default will be his fault even though they are the ones refusing to raise the debt ceiling. They are also calling on the Obama administration to develop a contingency plan in case Congress fails to increase the debt limit by the August deadline.

Well, a contingency plan is very simple: just start developing detailed plans for a single-payer healthcare system and everything else the Democrats have always dreamed of. If the debt ceiling is not raised soon, the economy will go into a tailspin.  Republicans (not Geithner) will be universally blamed, and Obama will start his second term with a strong mandate (in the form of a double-digit landslide win), a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate (yes, enough Republican seats will be in play to make that possible if the voters are angry enough) and a 70-seat majority in the House.

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