or will they avoid this by raising the debt ceiling? >> i think in the end we'll have a clean debt ceiling. there's a danger that we don't. the republican establishment wants to do it. the republican leadership wants to do it. all the political pressure at a national level is to do it. you have all these tea party congressmen that don't care whether the republican party becomes a viable party at the presidential level. >> always a pleasure. great to have you with us. remember to answer tonight's question there at the bottom of the screen. we want your thoughts @edshow and on facebook. coming up, i won't pipe down about the proposed keystone xl pipeline. my perspective is all about