The end-game of the Republican “leaders” is holding onto the House and taking control of the Senate in 2014.
How they expect to do this by antagonizing/alienating the conservative component of the Republican base into staying home during the election is beyond me.
In the meantime, these same “leaders” will give Obama and the RATS everything they want on a silver platter to prevent the MSM from saying bad things about Republicans.
Boner just gave the media their story about the Tea Party for at least the rest of the year.