So the democrats are just adopting republican tactics.
I don't think you can find a time where the Repubs threatened to knowingly plunge the nation back into recession if they couldn't get their way. Maybe one or two Congressmen, but not a "party position".
Anyway, we saw in 2008 what the Democrats can do to the economy when they put their minds to it, so I would take this newest threat very seriously.
Did you forget the debt ceiling crap the Republicans pulled recently?
I remember how it was characterized by the MSM. Do you have some verifiable quotes from Republicans to share on it?
I know you will either be denying this, spin it or try to distort it and of course I could prove that the sky is blue and if your information sources tell you it is red you will fight it off despite the obvious evidence by looking up. But either way this is more than enough evidence.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/08/mitch_mcconnell_okay_fine_were.html