[Enterprise]

"Breaking apart the bill is what the Speaker is set on much to the WH's dismay and that's exactly what's going to happen. Since the last debt deal, Boehner now has the upper hand."

I will believe it when I see it. Remember what happened last time? Boehner - balls of steel! Well, maybe not steel, maybe aluminum foil. And for all your impassioned support, remember that Boehner has been Congress in for two decades. He bears as much responsibility for being part of the current mess as anyone else.

'Get your ass in line'

[Siena Dreaming]

Yes, I DO remember what happened last time...Obama did NOT get the tax hike he pressed and pressed for. Boehner caused Obama's left-wing support to crash because he stood firm on that. This is part of the reason Obama's base is crashing and his unfavorables are rising on the left...because Boehner stood firm.

Yep...Boehner was in Congress during the US unprecedented prosperity boom all the while fighting to keep taxes from being hiked. (Plus they had the deficit down to $160B before Congress turned though you will not hear about this in the media.) Then, when Pelosi took over things Bush bashing rose to a crescendo and the economy reversed.