Annals of mindless hyperbole

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Power Line:

Paul Mirengoff
1/5/11

Glenn Beck claims that raising the debt ceiling would be the beginning of the end of the Republican party. The GOP survived the presidencies of Harding, Hoover, and Nixon, as well as George H.W. Bush's about face on "new taxes." I suppose it will survive a vote to prevent the U.S. government from defaulting on its obligations.

Allahpundit has this issue nailed:

From the myopic standpoint of what's more likely to bring about the end of the GOP, I'm guessing that an economic collapse triggered by a Republican-driven federal default is slightly more likely to cause trouble for conservatives than voting to raise the ceiling in return for, say, a balanced-budget amendment or other heavy debt-reducing concessions.
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