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John Boehner must cut loose the Tea Party
Washington Post ^ | Sept 11, 2013 | By Greg Sargent

Posted on 09/11/2013 11:41:50 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

Here’s the read among Congressional Dems on this fall’s fiscal fights. At some point, House GOP leaders will have to pass an important bill with a lot of Democratic support — stiff-arming the Tea Party in the process. GOP leaders are trying to defer that moment for as long as possible, but there’s just no clear way around it. Multiple reports this morning tell us House GOP leaders are struggling to round up support among House

Republicans for their new strategy for the fall. They are proposing a vote on a measure that would temporarily fund the government at current sequester levels, with another measure attached to it that would defund Obamacare. The Dem-controlled Senate would pass the first but not the second; conservatives would get to vote to defund Obamacare; the House GOP would dodge blame for a shutdown.

But conservatives are rejecting the approach because, well, it wouldn’t defund Obamacare. And let’s face it, this strategy is rooted in fear. House GOP leaders don’t want to tie Obamacare defunding to a government funding bill because it will pass the House and force a shutdown confrontation that they will lose. But conservatives won’t be happy until they have that confrontation. And as David Drucker reports, this has “frustrated” more sober minded House Republicans who understand that this crusade is reckless, counterproductive and self destructive.

Right now, it’s unclear whether House Republicans can even pass their latest funding gimmick out of the House, because House Dems won’t support it and House conservatives won’t either because it won’t ultimately defund Obama’s tyrannical law. So House leaders are promising to fight the good fight in the next battle...

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; boehner; boehner4amnesty; budget; continuingresolution; debtlimit; defund; dnctalkingpoints; electionbias; gope; obamacare; obamunism; pravdamedia; primaryboehner; teaparty
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Boehner should stiff arm the tea party? He's not exactly running interference.
1 posted on 09/11/2013 11:41:50 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

He’s scheming to fund Obamacare (Boehnercare!) right now.


2 posted on 09/11/2013 11:43:41 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Jim Robinson

Thanks for the advice, Compost.

We should do the exact opposite, of course.


3 posted on 09/11/2013 11:43:48 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Why haven't we heard from the 30 Benghazi survivors?)
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To: Jim Robinson

Make your calls and emails count folks!


4 posted on 09/11/2013 11:44:10 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: Jim Robinson

Greg Sargent’s a putz.

Why not advocate that the Democrats will sooner or later have to dump the Communist Party and become more mainstream?


5 posted on 09/11/2013 11:45:12 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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reckless, counterproductive and self destructive

That's Obamacare in a nutshell.
6 posted on 09/11/2013 11:46:08 AM PDT by Antoninus (Sorry, gone rogue.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I love getting advice from my liberal friend about who we should nominate and what issues we should support. sarc/


7 posted on 09/11/2013 11:46:37 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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i got a better idea - the tea party should stiff arm boehner! why is it better to work with the democrats than with your own party?


8 posted on 09/11/2013 11:46:46 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Jim Robinson

The Washington Post wants to help Republicans.

Of course they do.


9 posted on 09/11/2013 11:46:50 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: Jim Robinson
Boehner is trying to sell us out. If ever there was a need for another viable choice for conservatives, it is now. I am with Mark Levin on the Liberty Amendments. I just finished the read and agree with him.
10 posted on 09/11/2013 11:46:52 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Jim Robinson

This is all to cover up the amnesty vote..


11 posted on 09/11/2013 11:47:12 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Barack Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama, America's first woman president..)
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To: Jim Robinson

Boehner must know how despised he is, yet he continues to alienate conservatives, it just doesn’t make sense.


12 posted on 09/11/2013 11:48:31 AM PDT by boomop1 (term limits will only save this country.)
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The only way for the Republicans to survive is to adopt a more Populist/Tea Party approach.

Maybe the Tea Party should cut Boehner loose.

13 posted on 09/11/2013 11:48:45 AM PDT by freerepublicchat
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John Boehner must cut loose the Tea Party

More likely that The Tea Party will cut Boehner loose!

14 posted on 09/11/2013 11:48:57 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Muzzie killing muzzie what's the downside and who am I to stop them ?)
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To: Jim Robinson

How about:

“Tea Party cuts John Boehner loose”...???


15 posted on 09/11/2013 11:48:59 AM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: Jim Robinson

I guess that these losers did not pay attention to what happened in Colorado last night.


16 posted on 09/11/2013 11:49:13 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: rrrod

Flood this moron’s twitter with reality.


17 posted on 09/11/2013 11:49:31 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 ('Hey citizen, what's in YOUR closet?')
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John Boehner must cut loose the Tea Party

Wow! I thought the spineless little wimp already had.

18 posted on 09/11/2013 11:49:50 AM PDT by Robwin
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To: Jim Robinson

When the Washington Compost, that backs every Democrat all the time no matter if it is a floundering dolt like Obama, gives advice to Republicans, the only reaction should be laughter. They have no credibility.


19 posted on 09/11/2013 11:49:59 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Jim Robinson

The TEA Party is already and has always been independent of the GOP and John Boehner has never been TEA Party


20 posted on 09/11/2013 11:50:12 AM PDT by GeronL
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