I'm going to stand up for both Speakers. They were stuck between a rock and a hard place.
No matter what happened, they would get the blame by media and Obama will emerge unscathed, as usual.
Better look forward to election 2016 and see what happens from there.
“No matter what happened, they would get the blame by media “
They represent the people that elected them, not the media.
Trump gets bashed by the media AND his own party - and never caves. That’s what real men do.