An exercise in brinksmenship

This is what they are calling the fiasco unfolding....

Our government seems to think this is some sort of a game.

A game of brinksmenship...

This type of politics have to stop!

Brinkmanship (also brinksmanship) is the practice of pushing dangerous events to the verge of—or to the brink of—disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome. It occurs in international politics, foreign policy, labour relations, and (in contemporary settings) military strategyinvolving the threatened use of nuclear weapons.This maneuver of pushing a situation with the opponent to the brink succeeds by forcing the opponent to back down and make concessions. This might be achieved through diplomatic maneuvers by creating the impression that one is willing to use extreme methods rather than concede. During the Cold War, the threat of nuclear force was often used as such an escalating measure.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinkmanship

I agree, FluMom - I have a feeling that more than a few of them will be gone when election time comes around 

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1753592-a-ticking-time-bomb-for-the-u-s-dollar-in-yesterdays-budget-debt-limit-agreement

No debt limits now.