ASSUMING Boehner takes the walk of shame today and floors the Senate bill...

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

And it gets passed by mostly Democrats and some Republicans, with the Tea Party types sulking on the sidelines...

Can we assume that this was pretty much his plan all along, recognizing that the Tea Party idiots were never going to vote for anything reasonable?

And that it was never going to happen before the very last day because otherwise he didn't "try hard enough"?

[lostincalifornia]

1. The biggest problem is that cruz can still cause delays in the south before it gets to the house

other than that, Boehner will present the bill before the house whenever he gets it

[KharmaTrain]

2. What Other Options Were There?

The teabaggers reason to be is to screw up government as much as possible; especially with the "colored guy" in the White House. The worse things get for the country the more their hate radio followers cheer them on and send them money. The mayhem they've already created is their "victory" and will use any and all other opportunities to mess things up. It's been obvious of their intentions and surely Boner has known it for quite a while. His problem is he's a weak leader and is now caught in the crossfire of a circular firing squad in his own caucus. As the chickenshit he is, he's waiting until the last possible moment before he does what he's known he had to do all along...blow off the heinous "Hastert rule" and permit a floor vote on whatever the Senate decides.

It's the fallout here that will be interesting and amusing to watch. The Tapdancing Boner knows he'll face a challenge to his "leadership" and he'll finally have to stand up to the teabaggers or lose his gig. We'll also see if the teabaggers carry out their threats in "primarying" anyone who votes with the Democrats. This "crisis" could open the floodgates to a major rift in that inept and corrupt party...or call bullshit on the teabaggers...

[cuchulain316]

3. checkers vs chess

I am not sure how he thought this would end. However, I san no end for him that had him maintaining his gavel.

He should have just fallen on that sword before fucking up a lot of shit. He could have save us all a lot of drama.

[gopiscrap]

5. Welcome to DU

[cuchulain316]

6. thank you

[gopiscrap]

7. You're welcome

hope we can learn from you, you learn for us and we can laugh together!

[Laelth]

4. No. They thought the President would cave.

He did not, and I am thrilled to see it.

-Laelth

[Pretzel_Warrior]

8. In this, MANY Repukes deserve blame. High risk/high reward

They were willing to stand by and watch as "the crazies" shut down the government. Understand this--all Republican politicians hate Obamacare and want it gone. It represents a harsh rebuke to their world view AND it will spell doom for them in elections.

Now they lost. Obama didn't cave. Dems in both houses were united in their resolve.