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The politics of debt brinkmanship amarcnn | July 13, 2011 at 2:45 pm | Tags: James M. Lindsay | Categories: Economy, Perspectives, Politics, President Obama, United States | URL: http://wp.me/p1bJgh-27M

Editor's Note: Dr. James M. Lindsay is a Senior Vice President at the Council on Foreign Relations and co-author of "America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy." Visit his blog here and follow him on Twitter.

On Monday I wrote a piece on CFR.org on the stalemate in the debt ceiling negotiations. Much of President Obama's press conference Monday was about framing the discussion of who should be blamed if an agreement is not reached in time to stave off a default. He knows that he gains leverage in the negotiations if Americans accept his claim that the GOP is courting economic disaster with a "my way or the highway" attitude. It's an open question whether the president's use of the bully pulpit will shift public opinion much in our current partisan environment. Read more of this post

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