[LibLieSlayer]

Look up why armey retired as speaker... I remember. Anything he says should be ignored... he is no Conservative and he is not a man of honor or honesty.

LLS

[GoCards]

How does one get a hold of this nincompoop? Tried FreedomWorks?

[Truth is a Weapon]

Boehner made a brilliant move. If the Dems were to actually introduce legislation to preserve the middle class tax cuts and let them expire for the “wealthy” before the election, there is no way he could hold the Republicans together to vote against that bill. It would be political suicide to stand on this principle and give the Dems the ability to say that the GOP cares more for the rich and you ordinary Americans. So why not take this off the table and just say what would happen. “We think this is a bad idea but we will vote for it because some of what we want is better than nothing.”

The Dems were getting ready to say that they couldn’t keep the tax cuts for the middle class because the GOP opposes it. And they were going to do that without ever actually introducing legislation. Boehner just ripped the football away.

Remember the goal is to win the war not every skirmish. Sometimes you strategically retreat to lure your enemy into a position of weakness so you can annihilate them.