MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski: Why Can't Republicans 'Think Outside the Box for the Good of the Country?

(By Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters.org) - MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski asked the co-host of "Morning Joe" Monday if Republicans holding the line on the debt ceiling are "so stuck to their little contract and the Tea Party that they cannot even think outside the box for the good of the country."

Somewhat less surprising, Joe Scarborough gave a pretty good answer: