These were leaked yesterday, there were at least a couple threads on it.
In the micro, it looks really bad for Boehner, certainly.
But much more important here is the macro: by releasing these Reid is firebombing any back channel relationship he may have with Boehner and Republicans. This is SERIOUSLY scorched-earth stuff. I can’t understate that enough. Reid just pulled a Cortez, burning his ships so there’s no path of retreat.
I agree with you. There are lessons to be learned in this that the Republicans in Congress should have learned long, long ago.
Lesson 1: Communists NEVER negotiate in good faith. They NEVER give up or compromise anything, they always expect to march on. They concede NOTHING.
Lesson 2: The democrats, the good communists that they are, are waging a war of extermination against the GOP. “Fundamentally transforming America” means turning America into a perpetual one-party state under the model of Soviet communism. The GOP thinks they are playing the “good ole’ boys” backroom club like it used to be. It’s not. The democrats want the Republicans GONE. All of them.
Wake up, guys. Smell the writing on the wall. Or coffee. Or something.
The left has to keep their Holy Grail, Socialized Medicine. This is a hill they are willing to die on. The least we can do is help them along. Burning back-channels is a pretty desperate move, we need to just take a deep breath and see what develops, we could be in for a muted pleasant surprise.
As to Bone’yer and his crew, who is surprised and who cares? Time to sharpen the pitchforks for 2014.
Good analogy. It is looking like this will be a “fight to the death”.