ABC’s Jake Tapper does the work that is all too rare in the Dinosaur Media these days and does his best to nail Obama Mouthpiece Jay Carney to the wall.

TAPPER:  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 –

TAPPER:  Weren’t there regular votes on raising the debt ceiling during the Bush years? 

CARNEY:  There are — well, but it had not — it had not become — look — yeah, boy, there were.  It’s funny that you should mention it, because — (laughter) –

Read the whole thing… Carney is really struggling to explain the inexplicable and defend the indefensible.