[STARWISE]

"Rahm told the president that he can take care of Congress," a senior Republican reported to me.

"He said, ‘These guys will roll over, they're afraid of being called the party of No. Believe me, I know them. They'll be easy.’"

[maggief]

The Chicago Machine ruling DC.

Time to spill it on your co-conspirator, Blago.

Bump!

[Girlene]

John Boehner told his troops that the Republican Party is no longer a bureaucracy. "He took us by the throat and told us, ‘You're no longer the majority, stop acting like it,’" a senior Republican told me about the run up to the vote. “‘If you've got an idea, get it on MSNBC. This is an entrepreneurial insurgency.’ He was kicking the ball around. He wants everyone involved. If there's an amendment, he told us to offer it. If you have 48 seconds for YouTube, get it up there. Get busy and resist in every instance.

Sounds like they're ready to fight!