It will end the GOP. Period. It is awful. All that work to get them in for this. Disgusting. There is no way to spin it.
The Republican’s reputation proceeds them. The only question remaining is when and how. I posted in response to one member here shortly after the 2010 election that now [then] would be a good time for the Tea Party to begin separating from the Republicans. A number of respondees said that we needed the Republicans. As the Republican Party draws closer to the Democrats, is that still the case?
McConnell already spun it. He says raising the debt limit is the responsible thing to do (to avert default), but no way will the GOP be responsible for raising the debt limit.
The root of the problem is still Congress, which passed the spending legislation. It's not as though Obama is going to be spending money that Congress didn't authorize be spent.