seems to me they're quite willing when i hear them talking, your own colleague senator roy blount dismissingline saying the deadline is never really a deadline. i don't think world markets are going to get roiled, and i don't think our creditors are not going to get paid. here's someone from the right, michele bachmann, dismissing the consequences of not raising the debt. let's listen to her. >> well, first of all, it isn't true that the government would default on its debt. very simply the treasury secretary can pay the interest on the debt first and then from there we have to prioritize our spending. >> this to me is scary. what's your view? that these people are willing to go right into armageddon, not face the warning signs, go right off the cliff and take this country into greece, into the way the world watches us go down the hill? >> yeah. it's a real problem, compromise has become a dirty word and frankly, our country has been the greatest country on the planet, because our democracy has learned the art of compromise. now compromise is something the two ends of the spectrums don't wan