“Fiscal cliff” leaves Boehner a wounded speaker

Associated Press ^ | Dec 22, 2012 9:09 AM EST | Alan Fram

[Olog-hai]

John Boehner is a bloodied House speaker following the startling setback that his own fractious Republican troops dealt him in their “fiscal cliff” struggle against President Barack Obama.

There’s plenty of internal grumbling about the Ohio Republican, especially among conservatives, and lots of buzzing about whether his leadership post is in jeopardy. But it’s uncertain whether any other House Republican has the broad appeal to seize the job from Boehner or whether his embarrassing inability to pass his own bill preventing tax increases on everyone but millionaires is enough to topple him.

“No one will be challenging John Boehner as speaker,” predicted John Feehery, a consultant and former aide to House GOP leaders. “No one else can right now do the job of bringing everyone together” and unifying House Republicans. …

[ncalburt]

Explain your twisted logic to us ?
You think we should keep this k st crook ?
This fraud is a Crooked K st Bagman !

This idiot was swept into power by the base which wanted Obamacare not funded .
Bonner funds it !
Spending stopped !
Boner keeps the cash flowing to K st and Obama deadbeats !
Tax increases stopped .
Boner try to increase them in a recession !

And you criticized
Us who realize this Lobbyist front man’s actions are
Destroying the GOP !
We will get wiped out if this DC insider stooge stays the leader !
He will make people stay home in 2014 !

[ncalburt]

Can you explain how keeping this lobbyist crook I power is gong to help the GOP !
He is a crook who wants the spending to continue and wanted to raise taxes !
He funded Obamacare which was the reason the GOP won in 2010 !
Your logic is crazy thinking !
Keep the Dems and media useful
Idiot in
Power because it looks bad to remove him?
He purged out the conservatives trying to stop the tax increases and spending !
The Dems and media want him there for a reason !
He is one of them !
He is K st ‘s bagman !
All of DC knows it

[LibertarianLiz]

He should be ousted. At least then, he can focus on his personal problems, and get well.

My hubby used to say in O's first term that he wished he didn't have to suffer while the O worked through his "daddy" issues. If what you say IS true, then Boehner would be doing himself and everyone else a big favor by working things out in private. And, if it IS true, the other R's should be insisting that he do so. We need a "sober" person working on this problem.

That said, I agree with you about having some sympathy for this guy; but, mostly because he is trying to "negotiate" with a person who has absolutely no intention of "negotiating" with him. With O, it is his way or the highway.

[indthkr]

"It's gonna be really funny if people being so anxious to dump Boehner ends up putting Pelosi back in the job of Speaker."

There are plenty of purists around who have no problem with Dingbat Nancy (or more likely, Hoyer) becoming the next speaker as long as they can maintain their "pristine" ideological positions.

[SoFloFreeper]

I think the lack of a budget or plan shows what an inept FAILURE is currently occupying the White House. His budgets have gotten ZERO votes for about three years now, right?

[indthkr]

"Pelosi could unseat Boehner"

Pelosi won't unseat Boehner. Another inside-the-beltway operator / leftist by the name of Steny Hoyer will. At that point, the GOP will be exiled to the political wilderness indefinitely. The purists will still be happy though....

[FlipWilson]

Ok, maybe I am missing something about Boehner. But all I know is over the past few weeks I have seen two leaders placed in what seems like no win political situations. Boehner in the face of the so called fiscal cliff and LaPierre in the face of Newtown. Both face a media that wants to kill them. The contrast in response, in having the courage of one’s convictions is stark. Has anyone heard Boehner once, once clearly articulate the facts as they are? Has he once stated that deal or no deal taxes are already raised due to Obamacare? Has he once stated a pro-growth message? Has he defiantly told the media he cares a crap what they think because no matter what they will blame the GOP anyway?

I am sorry but Mr. Boehner and their ilk are as much a problem as the democrat party. They like to ride conservative waves into power and then poop all over us because they see us as standing in their way of “governing”. The joke is that they think “governing” means appeasing a media.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yeh, I love to hear about whats going on in my party from Lib Central.

[Mogollon]

Better yet. Let’s get rid of Boehner and replace him with Paul Ryan. Then we can watch the liberals go into full melt-down mode.