I'll Play.

The NYTimes asks:

Will the Debt Standoff Sway Voters in 2012?
Or is this all a sideshow for what they really care about: jobs?

Pretty much, if you have a job, especially if you've had no job loss or interruption in this economy, it really is all about the government spending.

The idea that we can keep the same, or increased, spending on promises that cost more and more each year, and are not seen as investments that will ever pay off, people will be out there voting against that. And those politicians who seem to think nothing has changed.

Jobs are important, of course. But will the jobless be motivated to get up on election day and vote? Hmm. Not in great enough numbers to offset those who do still work, who are disciplined, and who don't believe that America should fail to face facts here:

Our money-making machine is broken in this country.