The House of Representatives, were the constitutional system still functioning, would wield enormous power in our defense.
The Speaker (presuming the Speaker is of the majority) is the one official who can block unconstitutional Executive Branch activity.
This has been John Boehner’s job for the past two years, and he has been a miserable failure.
The House majority has to decide on open (political) war or appeasement. I have no illusions about who these Republican members are, but they’re all we have.
If the House fails to choose political war, by electing Paul Ryan Speaker, I fear that they will get the real thing before elections roll around again. THAT would be a disaster which we should take all possible measures to avoid - except the one measure Boehner seems capable of, which is appeasement.
extremists lost us the senate. Boehner’s leadership held the house. That’s more than enough for me. He played the best and only game he could realistically play with the cards he was dealt. Your words fall on deaf ears here.