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Posted on 07/13/2011 6:35:59 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
The 87 freshmen Republican congressmen who took their seats in the House of Representatives in January were supposed to ensure John Boehner’s place in American history books.
They still could. Just not in the way the Speaker might have hoped.
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Mr. Boehner mused this week that negotiating a debt deal acceptable to President Barack Obama, the Republican House majority and a Senate that is nearly evenly split between the parties is like solving a Rubik’s cube. But that is only partly true. At least every side moves on a Rubik’s cube.
“John Boehner is an old-style Republican. He’s conservative, but he doesn’t breathe fire,” said Randall Ripley, emeritus professor of political science at Ohio State University. “He was not prepared for just how far to the right these freshmen are, or for the extreme inflexibility of these people.”
Some House GOP freshmen have indicated they will not vote to increase the debt ceiling – period. Others have made their vote conditional on trillions of dollars in spending cuts over the next decade – and no tax increases.
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Mr. Boehner needs to muster 218 votes to get any debt-ceiling bill through the House. It appears unlikely he can find that many among his own 240-member caucus. But rallying enough Democrats to a debt-ceiling bill that includes cuts to social programs will not be any easier.
“None of the plans being discussed right now could garner the 218 votes needed,” Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican, warned on Wednesday.
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Just wait until we turn him out of his job!
There is a real push pull tug of war going on between the old guard and the new guard within the party.
There are those on this site that just don’t get it...but most do.
What happens with this debt will be a defining moment. They are all fighting for their political life..and they better well understand that.
Obama is talking about holding talks at Camp David now.
Ugh. Me no like fire. Fire BAD!
Bonehead needs to toughen up,Or get OUT!! We do not need his Damn whimpering when we have our Country at stake Here!! What did this fool think this job was all nice nice,laughing, Golf and the 5:00 drinking?
NO this is WAR Bonehead,To save our country OUR COUNTRY, Go for win/throat or you will be gone! Think of us as General Patton and you are that whimpering fool who was scared and got smacked!
I think Mcconnell was stunned
I agree. He must think 2010 was a fad, soon to disappear. WRONG.
Palin may run, she may not. I believe either way, she will lead another large group of Tea-Party minded candidates into congress in 2012.
The day she opens up her servers to take donations to either run herself or raise money for credible Tea-Party minded candidates, I’ll be there to donate. Cha-Ching!
I think that's the key right now. Boehner might not be a fire breathing conservative but you don't get to be Speaker without knowing how to count. He can't make a deal so he might as well play to the base, and for once they works for us.
and the beltway insiders just can’t understand this.
That’s because it’s the only way they know. And that’s the reason most of them need to be retired. They are set in the ways of DC and only a new group can solve today’s problems.
Tonight,She said she would make a decision by late summer.
An “old style Republican” according to leftists like this Ohio State professor means slack jawed, limp wristed RINO!!!! In other words...a GOOD Republican.
Even if she does not run, I don’t believe she will sit on the sidelines. Do u think if she does not run, she will be working hard to elect more Tea-Party minded candidates?
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>> Without them, wouldn’t his job be “House minority leader”? <<
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Zackly!
Cry us another tear Boner.
“Mom didn’t like me either, sniff, sniff...”
Excellent post; wish I had thought of it first
“None of the plans being discussed right now could garner the 218 votes needed,” Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican, warned on Wednesday.
I think that’s the key right now. Boehner might not be a fire breathing conservative but you don’t get to be Speaker without knowing how to count. He can’t make a deal so he might as well play to the base, and for once they works for us.”
He has said somethings that irritate me, like his respect for Ted Kennedy!! Michele Bachmann would have been the logical choice.
Rosie O'Donut says fire will not melt steel, but a Tea Bag certainly will.
Cheers!
Oh well.
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