He can’t be serious . . .  and yet, he is.

Jake Tapper: Which Is Worse? Default or Voting to Raise the Debt Ceiling Again in 2012? . . . The worst-case scenario here is a default, right?

CARNEY: That is a bad scenario. I’m not sure — I mean —

TAPPER: Is it worse —

CARNEY: You know, there are things you could anticipate. But I — yes.

TAPPER: Is it worse than voting on the debt ceiling again next year?

CARNEY: The uncertainty created by regular votes on whether or not, for the first time — you know, and if you think it’s — there’s — there are political —

CARNEY: So — but Jake, let me answer the question. We do not think that that is the way that this country should operate. The president’s made it very clear.

TAPPER: What the president made clear in the meeting was that he will not —

CARNEY: Both are bad; I can’t choose which is worse for you.

TAPPER: Really? They — it — you can’t. Default might not be as bad as voting on this next year?

CARNEY: Jake, I’ve answered the question.

TAPPER: No, you guys are painting a very cataclysmic picture.

HT: GWP