WELL, IT FITS THE PATTERN: Hot new idea: What if Obama just ignores Congress on the debt ceiling? “Now there’s a campaign platform I’d like to see in time for the 2012 election: The Constitution lets me run up as much debt as I want and there’s nothing your representatives can do to stop me.”

UPDATE: Reader Jerry Lawson thinks this could set a precedent he’s okay with: “What if Obama ignores the debt ceiling – what if WE ignore dictates from Washington?”