[bubbacluck]

This probably goes on and has gone on since the first Congress met, no matter who the Speaker is. It is telling, though, that it is still business as usual under Boehner; no change. I was expectantly hoping for better.

As the Beatles sang, "I should have known better".

[bicyclerepair]

How about we all change to (D) and Really mess things up?

[grania]

"I should have known better

That's the irony of it. Because of strong support from constitutional conservatives, in spite of our disgust over the McDaniel backstabbing, the Republicans were left with NO EXCUSES. So what did they do? Pass a budget that lets Obama off the hook before the new crowd got in power. And what does the new crowd do? Re-elect Boehner with one of those bogus votes with almost enough opposition to unseat him.

We the voters gave them a lifeline to maybe still be able to save the US. They used it to hang themselves. They have no credible excuses remaining why they can say they're anything but part of the problem.