What was that again?

The GOP is too juvenile to govern, by Eugene Robinson, says in part:

"Cruz and the others are worried that a conference committee might not only work out a budget but also make it possible to raise the federal debt ceiling without the now-customary showdown threatening default and catastrophe. They believe that brinkmanship is the only way to stop runaway government spending, which produces massive trillion-dollar deficits, which add to the ballooning national debt, which . . ."

I just posted yesterday about Paul Ryan saying basically the same thing (according to Greg Sargent, but I think he was spot-on).  But as Eugene points out, the budget is going down by a lot.  Do we really have to have ANOTHER crisis so that the Republicans can claim spending is out of control -- when it clearly isn't any more (partly because of the stupid sequester, but still...)

Can't we have one debt ceiling raise without drama?  Please?