Biden should avoid negotiating over the debt ceiling and instead attempt to resolve budget disputes through the standard government funding process.

“I think the smart thing to do for everyone would be to punt the debt ceiling do a temporary uh increase in the ceiling and punt it to past the government funding deadline and then if you want to argue over the budget and shut down the government no one wants a government shutdown but it would be a l”

McCarthy is at a disadvantage in debt ceiling negotiations because the policies his party supports are unpopular.

“he recognizes that he is at a disadvantage here because the things that his party wants are deeply unpopular and where he to put out a budget to people would know that fact and if he doesn't put out a budget it looks like he's not serious”

Biden should not negotiate over the debt ceiling and should have a unilateral executive option prepared as a last resort.

“I think that if if Joe Biden is going to go down the path of I'm definitely not negotiating over the debt ceiling um which I think is the right option um he should have in his back pocket a unilateral option whether to submit the coin whether it's the 14th Amendment whatever it is like because I thi”