[Starboard]

Coming from AP there’s no way of telling what’s really going on given their liberal sympathies, but Republicans do have a way of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

[GIdget2004]

Robert Costa from the National Review is tweeting about the Repub meeting going on now: https://twitter.com/robertcostaNRO Robert Costa‏@robertcostaNRO 5m The hard thing for leadership, esp during open mic now, is that a large # of Rs are simply unhappy w/ anything that's not a BIG WIN Robert Costa‏@robertcostaNRO 7m In essence, Boehner allies email/text, if Boehner can't get this now, Right's hopes will shrivel, too, b/c he won't have bargaining power Robert Costa‏@robertcostaNRO 9m It's not so much about ideology inside the rm right now, but about "team." Who's a team player, who's not, and who doesn't care. Robert Costa‏@robertcostaNRO 10m This is a fork in road for House GOP: if they reject Boehner's plan now, he'll likely be forced to seek Dem votes in order to get DL ext Robert Costa‏@robertcostaNRO 13m Boehner trying to escape default. Ending govt shutdown is, 4 now, a secondary concern. He's not sure if he has votes for fmr, let alone a CR