debt ceiling

it really boggles my mind that something like 60% of polled americans are opposed to raiseing the debt ceiling, and also that a plurality of voters view obama as to blame for this debt ceiling crisis.

so i am curious not so much as to your opinion on what is going to happen, but as to your opinion on how the american people, or people across the world will percive it? do you think that americans are really stupid enough to fall for the republicans destroying the economy to make obama look bad?

Somehow, some where along the last decade or so. I feel as if America has made some cardinal sin against democracy - as electing a leader that wasn't even voted in; everything just snowballed from there. 9/11, Iraq, the Recession, rising oil prices, etc.

I feel that is Gore was elected in 2000, none of this would happened and America would be enjoying a healthy future. Sure, I'm beating the dead horse here, but it's something to think about - this chain of bullshit was preventable.