  Poll: Americans divided on impact of looming debt crisis  It
might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this
time warning "the creditors are coming."  Americans seem not to
have awakened to the fast-looming debt crisis that could summon
a new recession, imperil their stock market investments and
shatter faith in the world's most powerful economy. Those are
among the implications, both sudden and long-lasting, expected
to unfold if the U.S. defaults on debt payments for the first
time in history.  Facing an August deadline for raising the
country's borrowing limit or setting loose the consequences,
politicians and economists are plenty alarmed. The people?
Apparently not so much.  They're divided on whether to raise the
limit, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that found 41
percent opposed to the idea and 38 percent in favor.  People
aren't exactly blase. A narrow majority in the poll expects an
economic crisis to ensue if the U.S., maxed out on its borrowing
capacity, starts missing int