Yes, I’m talking about the House Republicans Former Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer on the looming debt ceiling hostage situation in his newsletter today. (You should subscribe if you can — it’s always good.) He knows whereof he speaks. And so does Joe Biden (hopefully): I worked in the West Wing during a financial crisis, a pandemic, multiple active terrorist plots, once-in-a-century storms, and the rise of ISIS. None of those threats were anywhere near as frightening as the two times the House Republicans tried to take the full faith and credit of the United States hostage. In both cases, a group of radical extremists with a faint grasp on reality led by a weak Speaker almost stumbled ass-backward into a global financial crisis that would make 2008 look like an economic head cold. Well, here we are again. A group of radical House Republicans led by a Speaker in name only is threatening a confrontation over raising the debt limit. Like President Obama in 2013, President Biden is refusing to negotiate with House Republicans. And like in 2013, all of the usual voices are raising concerns about that strategy. What’s the harm in talking? Won’t the President look small by refusing to sit down? Won’t the Democrats look unreasonable? This concern-trolling was embodied by a recent CNN interview where West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin called President Biden’s stance “unreasonable.” If you feel like your blood pressure is too low, feel free to watch the interview for fuller context. I should note that Manchin’s…