Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

* Get ready for another debt limit showdown: Bruce Bartlett has an interesting curtain raiser on what we’re likely to see now that Republican leaders are again threatening to use the coming debt ceiling deadline to extract major concessions. [ http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/the-politics-of-the-14th-amendment-and-the-debt-limit/ ] Bartlett advises Obama to be prepared to exercise the 14th Amendment option if necessary, something the White House has ruled out. The big wild card here is that this could unfold amid continued sequestration cuts, amplifying the governing-by-crisis atmosphere even more and making the politics of this battle even more volatile.

I mean it! .. You've got to READ this one! .. You'll learn bunches..I sure did ! ... ;) heck it goes back to the civil war! .. ;)

From Greg Sargent..The Morning Plum