In 2010 I warned here about Rs winning congress and allowing Obama to blame them for everything and get re-elected.
So the other day I tossed this out, Feel free to politely tell me the flaws(as it wont be tried):
You see the market reaction to his win?
Wouldnt it make sense for the House to not pass any tax cut extensions or spending cut repeals that Reid can get through the Senate? In other words :no more closed room deals?
Take a hard line but dont brag about it in public, just do it. In public talk about how O is in charge of everything.
Having won the election O is free to work with Boehner to do stuff that his lib base opposes like entitlement reform ..as Clinton did.
If this is the path he takes House Republicans could work to make him look like a bipartision success, as with Clinton. I really think this would be a disaster for this country
The Bush blame excuse ended on Os successful election day as O inherits his own accomplishments and so working with him to make him look successful seems self defeating, unless Boeher gets a really sweet deal. Like something O specifically campaigned against and his base absolutely hates.
And stop the Rs public statements that telegraph their punches, like bragging that they wont do stuff that they are forced to cave on later anyway. This was the behavior of delusional losers.
You've seen my take on abortion rhetoric. You have my full support on this. Its a winner.
Bob Woodward threw Obama under the bus with his book about the debt ceiling talks. Boehner could easily get away with stretching this out, letting things fall of the cliff, and just saying the Obama did it to him again. He went to the table honestly, laid his cards out, and got a deal. Then Obama came back and like Darth Vader at Bespin, "altered" the deal.
There is complete cover in Bob Woodward's book about the original debt deal. Heck, Boehner could even reference it at the press conference when he declares an impasse and recommend it to people who want to know what kind of fruitcake he is dealing with.
Game, set, match. Obama loses and Bob Woodward provides the cover. Nobody - I mean - NOBODY - in the media will consider the possibility that Woodward put out anything less than Holy Scripture in that book.
But that's too sneaky for Boehner to think of, really.