Do House Republicans really want to do this again in six months?

Rhetorically, Democrats now have additional leverage in their fight to have a single debt-ceiling hike through 2012 (as opposed to the GOP desire to have another hike early next year). As White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer tweeted last night, “Someone remind me why @speakerboehner is dead set on doing this again in December?” And as a top Senate Democratic aide emailed First Read, “If this isn’t reason enough to avoid doing all this over again in six months, what is?” Some Republicans might believe doing this again will make the president look weak at a time when Americans are actually beginning to tune into the election. Is that possible? Maybe, but it’s just as possible that it turns into a total youknowwhat-show, and has more of what last night highlighted — Republicans attacking Republicans and a party in disarray. So it’s hard enough to imagine gambling with the U.S. economy at this point, but it also means gambling with your own political future and relevancy.