Oh, I don’t disagree.
I just disagree that what she said was inadvertent. It was deliberate and planned to help splinter off a significant chunk of the GOP base and encourage them not to vote in November.
The fact that Boehner is making voluntary, relatively public remarks about getting an immigration bill out of the House this year in front of Rep donors should tell you something. Doesn't that help splinter a significant chunk of the base off? And Boehner just won his primary easily.
Many lawmakers and activists have assumed the issue was off the table in an election year. But Boehner, R-Ohio, said at a recent Las Vegas fundraiser that he was "hell-bent on getting this done this year," two people in the room told The Wall Street Journal.
A Boehner spokesman didn't dispute the account but said no action is possible until President Obama proves himself a trustworthy partner to Republicans.