Boehner Poised to Deal With the Devil to Avoid Shut-Down?

Breitbart ^ | 2 Dec 2014, 6:59 PM PDT | Dan Riehl

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With House conservatives wanting to keep the pressure on Barack Obama given his end run of the political process when it comes to illegal immigration, reports indicate Republican House Speaker John Boehner may be considering doing the un-thinkable -- abandoning House conservatives to do a deal with Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi to keep the government open long-term.

Hardline conservatives who have caused problems for leaders for years were not falling in line. These conservatives estimate their ranks are 30 to 40, enough to derail a vote.

That swelling Republican opposition gives Pelosi and her down-in-the-dumps House Democrats some unexpected power: the ability to rescue Boehner’s Republican Conference as Democrats have again and again in the big fights of the past three years.

If Boehner cuts that deal, it will serve as a warning that Boehner intends to do precisely as some have predicted, abandon House Conservatives next year and rely on moderates and Democrats  to govern weakly, to the extent he can. That stands in stark contrast to Democrats and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi who seemed to relish shoving bills like ObamaCare down America's throat, GOP opposition be damned.

So after a big election victory this fall in which Republicans took the Senate and strengthened their grip on the House, instead of Republicans uniting around their own leadership’s plan, they are about to risk giving more control to Pelosi’s shrinking Democratic Caucus. It makes Boehner allies cringe.

Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been coy about where she’ll fall — she and her allies have sent signals she’ll oppose the measure — but her circle says she’s mulling over her options. It’s clearly a touchy situation for Democrats. Steny Hoyer, Pelosi’s deputy, told POLITICO in the morning he might support the measure, but later in the day, he walked back his statement.

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	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

How many more times are we as conservatives going to fall for the “Lesser of two evils” charade?

These people are TRAITORS to the American Citizens they are supposed to represent!

[Yogafist]

"abandon House Conservatives next year and rely on moderates and Democrats..."

I'm a little foggy, could someone remind me why it was so important to vote rinos back into office?

[chris37]

They are very apparently equally evil.

[jsanders2001]

We expect betrayal 24/7 from this administration. This isn’t news. Its just a notice that it’s happening again.

[Jim Robinson]

FReep You John Boehner (FUJB)!! Traitor!!

[JSDude1]

So what’s your suggestion then? Don’t vote? Let the Dems Control Congress, Run as 3rd Party Candidates, PRIMARY THEIR A&&ES?

[Huskrrrr]

[Reno89519]

Republicans are surrendering without a fight. Else, they lied to everyone and actually do support amnesty.

[txhurl]

Like I said on another thread, we’re now free from Claire Wolfe’s conundrum. Like we were in 1860.

[txhurl]

here it is again

[rockinqsranch]

Any person in Boehner’s position today that thinks Democrats can be dealt with is a person that should not be in such a position, therefore Boehner should be routed out of that position in January when it’s time to confirm his House leadership.

Democrats have long been true to the part of the Koran where it states clearly it’s OK to lie to Republicans. ;)

[doc1019]

Shut the dammed government down ... let Obama and the dems sweat. If the government were shut down for a while, mayhap the King and his court would learn a thing or two.

To the brave go the spoils.

[4rcane]

Boehner is very bad at playing poker, its not funny. He tells his opponents what cards he have every round. Boehner will come out of a deal with no government shut down and Obama get everything he wanted and he will conclude that a win

[greene66]

That’s the upshot. Either Republicans are spineless, yellow-bellied cowards... or, they are abject liars, colluding with Obama and his agenda. One or the other. Truly contemptable either way.

There have really only been THREE big issues dictating my votes in the last few years. And on all three, I see the GOP surrendering and folding like cheap suits. At this point, I really have no single, solitary reason to vote for or support the GOP ever again.

[txhurl]

Shut this Schmidt troll down, too.

[Chainsawj]

Wasn’t he just voted back in as leader? What was the vote count? Did anyone have the BALLS to run/vote against him?

mc Connell won a UNANMOUS vote in the senate, including CRUZ and the other ‘good?’ republicans.

We better watch what ALL of them DO and not just give them credit for what they SAY. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!!!

Has the texas governor put the national guard on the border like HE PROMISED.....BEFORE SUMMER???

[rockinqsranch]

Voice vote he remains speaker, but there’s another vote in January confirming his status.