Posted on 06/12/2015 10:22:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It’s going to be weird when John Boehner and John McCain are returned to Congress next November by landslide margins while Mr. Entitlement Reform is busy clearing out his desk.
Oh well. The Ted Cruz primary fight in 2018 will be interesting, at least.
Laura Ingraham
✔ @IngrahamAngle Wisconsin sources say discussions building in favor of challenging @RepPaulRyan over his role in the #ObamaTrade. #PeoplesCandidate
10:05 AM - 12 Jun 2015
Laura Ingraham
✔ @IngrahamAngle FACT: @RepPaulRyan will have mega bucks to defend his reelection from the same Corps that benefit from & lobbied for #ObamaTrade.
10:30 AM - 12 Jun 2015
Laura Ingraham
✔ @IngrahamAngle Has anyone seen Dems or GOP fight for anything as hard in the past year? #FastTrackforAmericaNeeded https://twitter.com/chadpergram/status/609429166879059968 …
1:40 PM - 12 Jun 2015
Ingraham championed Dave Brat’s challenge to Eric Cantor last year, which virtually no one but her took seriously until election night, so when she says Ryan’s on the chopping block there’s a bit of extra credibility to it. I won’t believe it until I see it happen; as far as I know, Ryan’s still well liked in his home district, something that wasn’t true of the often absent Cantor. For a guy normally regarded as a conservative hero, though, he does have some conspicuous heresies in his record — TARP, comprehensive immigration reform, the 2013 budget deal with Patty Murray, his ongoing alliance with Boehner and the reviled House leadership, now this. The recent Pelosi-esque line about finding out what’s in the bill after it passes was icing on the cake. I think it’s less likely that he’ll be primaried than that his path to higher office, be it the presidency or the Senate, has been damaged, if only temporarily. If you’re going to stick your neck out for entitlement reform, you’d better have conservatives in your corner at least. Increasingly he doesn’t.
Speaking of losing your base over trade bills, a golden moment from Obama’s huddle this morning with House Democrats:
Jake Tapper
✔ @jaketapper House Democratic Rep #1 re: POTUS visit to Hill: "He was fine until he turned it at the end and became indignant and alienated some folks."
1:43 PM - 12 Jun 2015
Really? That sounds so unlike him.
Now that Pelosi and his own caucus have royally humiliated him on a high-profile vote, I think we can safely safe that Hillary Clinton has replaced the lame duck as the new leader of the Democratic Party. Henceforth, proper Hot Air usage will change from “semi-retired president” to “fully retired.” Exit question: Via the Right Scoop, skip to 1:15 of the clip below for a little cheerleading for fast-track trade authority. When do we primary this guy?
(SCOTT-WALKER-VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Paul Ryan deserves to be primaried for his advocacy for fraudulently documented foreigners ahead of the citizens he’s supposed to represent.
There are a whole bunch of GOP representatives that are not representing the citizens and deserve the same fate as the weasel Cantor.
This writer is an idiot if he thinks Cruz will be primaried 3 years from now.
Watching the Twilight zone this morning and this whole sad episode is like The Monsters on Maple street. Ted Cruz became the monster to the frightened mob and now we’re going to get steamrolled by something far worse.
Chairman or Ways and Means, piece of cake/s
i dont hate him. i like him. but like i said, he just makes too many gaffs and Cruz knows how to explain things in very smart ways and he is young and new and strong.
“Clinton - Bush 2016
Go Team.... Come on FR, we can do it!!!
Could happen if our fellow FReepers again act as if every candidate that is not THEIR favorite is worse than Hillary, et al.
Let’s not nominate anyone.
That way no one’s purity is sullied and in the long run, the outcome will be the same.
One candidate, one party, one kingdom.
/sarc
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