Comments on: How Boehner could cut a deal and still keep his speakership

By: Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:51:52 +0000

May neither happen.

The middle class need to find out how much Obama hates them.

By: TheRightMan

TheRightMan — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:49:25 +0000

Zaggs on December 21, 2012 at 4:41 PM

For starters, the article I linked to shows that Obama is NOW willing to negotiate for a smaller package in order not to lose whatever gains he had made in his negotiations with Boehner.

Secondly, in light of the defeat of Boehner’s Plan B, Pelosi and the Dems are trying to get him to shun conservatives and pass a “bipartisan” bill with their support. That, of course, will doom his Speakership but don’t tell him that.

I will leave you to go ponder why Dems are now desperate to save Boehner’s Speakership and keep him as a leader of the RINOs and Dems?

By: Zaggs

Zaggs — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:41:16 +0000

Now just imagine how much stronger of a hand Boehner would be holding if he had led the House into extending ALL of the Bush tax cuts and thrown it to the Senate and Obama with a message to them to take it or leave it… instead of his less than stellar “negotiations”.

TheRightMan

How much leverage would Boehner had doing exactly what the democrats have been accusing the republicans doing all the while, protecting the rich? I’m assuming none.

By: Zaggs

Zaggs — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:40:08 +0000

Nope. Obama is meeting with Reid. They’ll pass their proposal and then the House can either be responsible for raising taxes on everyone right before christmas or pass that bill. To think if not for the conservatives in the house the whole thing could have been reversed.

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:15:29 +0000

It’s amazing how it always comes down to the pols keeping their own personal power.

By: ThePrimordialOrderedPair

ThePrimordialOrderedPair — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:13:54 +0000

How Boehner could cut a deal and still keep his speakership

The only deal Boner could make to keep his Weepership would be to leave the country. I’d be happy to give him a plaque declaring him Weeper of the House, but he has to stay away and out of communication with anyone.

Anyone who would let Boner negotiate anything for him is an idiot of utmost proportions.

By: SirGawain

SirGawain — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:12:13 +0000

Bonehead is part of the problem. Throw them all out.

By: CurtZHP

CurtZHP — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:11:39 +0000

Let him keep it. He might as well. The congressional Republicans have all proven themselves spineless, affable bureaucrats who care nothing of their constituents except for one day every two years.

Our hope lies in our respective state houses.

By: TheRightMan

TheRightMan — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:08:18 +0000

Trust me, Philip, just as the media/RINOS/Democrats misjudged the mood of conservatives last night... they might be in for a shock if they believe Boehner can cobble a deal with Obama that gets passed without conservatives and gets to keep his Speakership. No thanks to Boehner's Plan B... check out what Obama might now be planning to do. White House weighs smaller fiscal cliff package

The White House is weighing a scaled-down package to avert the fiscal cliff, recognizing that the chances of a reaching a grand bargain before the new year diminished greatly after Thursday’s House Republican revolt.

Now just imagine how much stronger of a hand Boehner would be holding if he had led the House into extending ALL of the Bush tax cuts and thrown it to the Senate and Obama with a message to them to take it or leave it... instead of his less than stellar "negotiations".

By: APACHEWHOKNOWS

APACHEWHOKNOWS — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:05:29 +0000

What he might do is change party and take enough RINOs with him to win out over Pelosi over there with the real commies.