Debt Ceiling and the Democrat Projo

So Congressional Republicans put forward a plan to fund government and not ObamaCare (we will fund if).  Senate Democrats changed the bill to fund government and ObamaCare (we won’t fund unless).  The president says he “will not negotiate.”  And the Providence Journal gives its front page story this highly irresponsible lede: “House GOP rebels stand firm on pledge to shut down government over Obamacare.”

Not surprisingly, a conservative, James Taranto, has the more reasonable take:

What we have here is not a hostage situation but a classic Prisoner’s Dilemma. If both sides cooperate, the result is unsatisfactory. If both sides defect, the result is catastrophic.

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