Reply #3: The Republicans would just love...

[CoffeeCat]

...for Obama to do this.

They'll be able to insinuate that Obama thinks he's a dictator, and they'll try
to position him as an out-of-control renegade who wants to bankrupt the country
and continue with reckless spending.

Most importantly, there is much debate about whether or not the 14th Amendment
gives the President the power to raise the debt ceiling without Congressional
approval. Don't think for one second that the Republicans wouldn't use this
unsettled argument to start impeachment hearings.

The right wing will gin up their hatefest on talk radio and we'll be damn near
close to a Tea Party revolt. They'll be marching on Washington, and the MSM
will follow suit--giving untold and attention and coverage to the uproar and
the insinuation that Obama is a Marxist, Communist, inexperienced tax-and-and
spend idiot who is trying to usurp the Constitution.

They would LOVE to do this and they would do it in a heartbeat. Doesn't matter if
it's right or true. They want to take him down, and marring his Presidency with
impeachment hearings and an all-out assault on his integrity and judgment would
please them greatly.

No way in hell is this a smart option.