The only reason Republicans would do anything in lame duck is because they think misguided maybe that they would get a better deal than the next congress. But I don't see that happening, I don't think Bohner is evil just cowardly and dumb.
Patty Murray was on ABC This Week and she said on camera that maybe the best thing is to let all the taxes go up and then come back in January to deal with it. Other Dems have said the same ON CAMERA.
If Republicans were saying this then congressional Dems would be on every TV station screaming “... said she/he is saying your taxes should go up”
This is how Dems beat Republicans senseless last year and got them to surrender on both the budgets and the debt limit, by using their words against them as weapons.
Dems know how to fight and win. Republicans just put up some token resistance and then they give Dems the ammunition they need to crush them, and then they just cave.
No faith in that crew. I Expect them to cave again on this and vote as O dictates, then they will own it, and later try to say they were against what they voted, just like Ryan tried to do this year with the automatic cuts.
If Boehner thinks amnesty is such a great move for the GOP, why would he wait? Maybe because the GOP would have a smaller majority in the House next year? After the Dems took over congress, didn't didn't GWB say he could get things done now?
Along this same train of thought, if Boehner doesn't push amnesty in the lame duch session, it musr mean he is confident he will bee Speaker next year. But I am still going to tell my Rep to vote no.
Meanwhile, Lindsay Graham was on TV today explaining how amnesty will be great for the GOP.
Didn't you predict that with a Dem in the white house, the GOP would resist amnesty? Do you still believe that?