Just a quick diary, to show that not every elected official has lost their mind.
Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-03), in an interview this morning, called on President Obama to just invoke the 14th Amendment and solve this problem quickly. He also called this a "politically-manufactured crisis" and noted that the Republicans could have included these cuts in their budget, but chose not to.
Video below the fold.
Take a look:
And, FWIW -- that is MY congressman, and my friend, and we are damn proud he represents us.