No, playing up the fearmongering as you are doing right now is partisan hackery. The main Democratic talking points centered around fearmongering, after all, which was almost as stupid as the Republicans temporarily shutting down the postal service, etc. in a fit of pique.

As I said before: the markets correctly characterized the debt ceiling negotiations as a bunch of drama queens on both sides of the political divide acting up & a storm in a teacup because neither side is politically suicidal.