John McCain blasts ‘Tea Party’ Hobbits

”The idea seems to be, that if the House GOP refuses to raise the debt ceiling a default crisis or gradual government shutdown will ensue and the public will turn en masse against Barack Obama. The Republican House that failed to raise the debt ceiling will somehow escape all the blame.

“Then Democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlemen­ts and the Tea Party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth having defeated Mordor. This is the kind of crack political thinking that turned Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell into GOP Senate nominees.”