device, if that s what it was, which is to say let s take a look at ours. let s take a look at the ways in which we are shooting ourselves in the feet. it is hurting not just our economy, not just our sort of domestic dynamics, but it is what is america about? this is not who we are as a people. and using language like we re not a deadbeat nation is a good concrete way i think to frame this. if i m the republicans, i don t understand if i m the republican leadership, why i don t say at this point, okay, we welcome this sign of movement on big entitlement cuts and so forth from mr. president. we will lay down this threat for now, and give you this year, which is now still two years before the midterms to show your stuff. you ve got six months. you ve got nib months. let s make that deal. so don t disavoi messing around with the debt ceiling forever if i m republican, but for now. amy, the this was earlier