Biden needs to go it alone on the debt ceiling

House Republicans proved this week there is no such thing as a “moderate” in the bunch. They are all Freedom Caucus maniacs, willing to blow up the global economy by letting the nation default on its debts. They all fell into line with Barely Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s hostage-taking, voting for his bill that ties lifting the debt ceiling to dangerous spending cuts. There won’t be any dissent from the Senate Republicans, with the original debt ceiling hostage-taker, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, cheering on the maniacs. Like the House maniacs, he is trying to force President Joe Biden to bow to extortion and negotiate cuts that cause jobs losses and an economic slowdown, even if a default were avoided.