The GOP lost where it counts the most - public perception. The lack of coordination between Boehner and McConnell on this really makes them look like amateurs. Why did McConnell put the entire congressional GOP on the spot by voting for this stupid thing in the first place? Because they’re afraid Schumer, Reid and Axelrod are going to scream that the Republicans are just trying to defeat Obama? Guess what, they are going to say that anyway!
McConnell hung Boehner out to dry, and neither can articulate the idiocy of kicking the can down the road for 2 months. Worst is we get Obama all over the airways talking his ignorant nonsense this afternoon, trying to make himself out to be smart. He’s not smart, the Republicans are just so stupid.
Public perception is a fickle thing and hard to predict in circumstances such as this. The GOP did right. Cut the LIBS leverage off at the knees on this one. And rightly so.
As for McConnel for Boener? That’s the diffence between the house and the senate. They are not the same body and never will be.