[Persevero]

Like the American public is going to get all excited about what Boehner does or doesn’t do.

Pelosi is a player to American voters. So is Reid. Boehner is a ???? They don’t know him and don’t see him as a big deal - good or bad.

[teddyballgame]

Yeah, I just find it amusing thsat the Today Show is eagerly playing along tring to repeat his name as often as it possibly can. I’m trying to find the transcript of the Robert Gibbs interview with Merredith Vierra - it was even worse.

[drangundsturm]

I agree, this tactic is not going to get them any traction. They are attempting to (1) raise Boehner to a national level, which frankly he is not a household name so that's a major task that in the long run only helps Boehner, and (2) then attack him using arguments that are mostly easily deflected by Boehner himself. This could easily backfire and make Boehner a national figure who is respected if Boehner plays his cards right.

But even Boehner fails to rise to the occassion, the most likely scenario is that a couple weeks from now they realize this tactic is not working since other than his own race nobody is actually running AGAINST Boehner, so who cares? The dems then turn to some other tactic de jur that also does not work. This is the pattern in the Obama administration. Do something goofy for a while, realize it doesn't work when it's too late, then think of something else goofy to do.