Are the Republicans guilty of treason?

Make no mistake, the recent Republican led fight over the debt ceiling will have far-reaching and significant ramifications for this country. Even though we managed to avoid default, other countries, financial institutions, and corporations have all taken notice of what happened. The fact that the Republican party were willing to create this situation and exploit it for what they perceive to be their gain is, as far as I am concerned, an act of treason. I don’t by any means blame all Republicans for what happened, but there are enough of them with blood on their hands. It will be interesting to see how many more crisis points they will try and manufacture on the run up to the 2012 election, just so they can convince the stupid among the American people, that Obama is not doing a good job, and should be replaced. The only question that remains, is how much damage they can do to our country if we are stupid enough to hand them the keys to the Oval Office.