Book: GOP freshman class turned into ‘a monster’ for Boehner, other House leaders
Source: Washington Post
Time and again last year, House Republican leaders faced a nearly intractable opponent: the very freshman class that propelled them into the majority with the historic 2010 midterm elections.
Rebelling from the outset of the 112th Congress and later wreaking internal havoc during talks to increase the Treasury Departments ability to borrow funds, the freshman class repeatedly created problems for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), according to a new book.
The freshman resistance caused feuds among Boehner and his lieutenants that led some to fear a mutiny, heightened several showdowns with President Obama and eventually led to fissures among the rookies, pitting those who seldom trusted the leaders against those who reflexively did, according to Do Not Ask What Good We Do, an account of the freshman classs impact by Robert Draper.
The infighting reached such a point in the fall that some newcomers requested that the weekly freshman meetings be disbanded because they had turned into shouting matches, with freshmen loudly criticizing the leaders.
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Skittles
(153,160 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)after pandering to the wack-a-doodle part of their base for so long.
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)elleng
(130,895 posts)nolabear
(41,960 posts)goclark
(30,404 posts)DCKit
(18,541 posts)Hey Boner, this is your liver on teabaggers:
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)The GOP leadership let the rookies push them around. Now they're pissing and moaning about the teabaggers' not letting them get any business done. Serves them right!
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)The GOP gave birth to these wretched babies.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)ChazInAz
(2,567 posts)I love it when they start devouring each other.
Schadenfreud is soooo sweet.
TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)The conservanazis were so proud of their teabaggin' kkklucker junior reps. UNTIL, they told them how they were to mind the rules and how the Washington game is played. The teabaggin' kkkluckers believe their own bu$hit and they were going to tell the majority of their party that it's their way or it's shutdown time. Looks like it's going to tear the conservanazi republikan party to pieces. Good.
gateley
(62,683 posts)Gman
(24,780 posts)the monster the GOP created and now can't control. I'm sure many of them rue the day. Then there's the Roves that keep making money off of them.
RainDog
(28,784 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Unfortunately, repukes are too stupid to have learned their lesson. Or ANY lesson.
begin_within
(21,551 posts)Daniel537
(1,560 posts)The more time, and money, they spend fighting each other, the better. We can only hope it eventually destroys them from within.
indypaul
(949 posts)Now calm the still-hungry beast. Remember Mr. Boehner you
invited the tiger to lunch and were only too happy when he
accepted the invitation.