I wouldn’t exaggerate what Boehner is doing. I can understand he may need to make a deal to avoid republican disaster if Obama pins the fiscal cliff on the GOP.
BUT the way this is being handled, Boehner is risking alienating the entire conservative base of the republican party. He ain’t going to be replacing that with any imagined slice of the hispanic, single mother, etc. vote.
Even if a deal has to be made, I can see so many better ways this should be handled.
The strange thing is why would the entire conservative base be suddenly 100% in support of four Reps no one has ever heard of until a few days ago? We have no idea if they have any ability as legislators/committee members.