Boehner: ‘Obamacare Is The Law Of The Land’ By Tara Culp-Ressler posted from ThinkProgress Health on

But this may be a good start.

Boehner does not have veto power.

It's been the law of the land since President Obama signed it. It was confirmed as a constitutionally acceptable law of the land when the Supreme Court issued its decision on it.

This will not sit well.

down the drain. I think the next thing to go will be his liver, judging by the yellowish tone of his crybaby hide.

UPDATE:

Boehner’s office is softening the Speaker’s comments:

Walking back his statements.... smh....

but I guess his masters got to him.

He must be too drunk. I'd be drunk too if I was a GOPer.

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I would hope that maybe with Obama having a larger win than Nixon, Carter or Bush and with the Democrats increasing their outright majority was well as their likely caucus majority in the Senate and picking up seats in the House, the Republics would finally realize the time has come to govern. That means doing the hard work rather than just saying NO. It means sitting down and working across party lines to achieve compromise that moves the country forward. Maybe he personally really sees that. That would be refreshing.

But. I don't think he will be Speaker in the new Congress. I think this statement and the one that he is open to new revenue means that the hard right Teabaggers will all but kill him rather than re-elect him as Speaker. Just as there are some Republic strategists that say this election was a watershed in the changing demographics in this country and that the party must accept and adapt, there are just as many saying the reason they lost was because their candidate wasn't conservative enough, i.e. the party must move even further to the right.

Congressional Republicans didn't want to repeal Obamacare just because it would mean more money for insurance companies. Like most of the things they've done over the past four years, it was meant to make Obama look weak and ineffective, thus serving their ultimate goal of denying him reelection.

Now that that plan's gone out the window, they're just going to have to make the best of it. The smarter heads in the GOP, like Boehner, realize this, so they want to rebrand themselves as reasonable moderates in preparation for the next election. It'll be interesting to see what other tactical reversals the Repubs try to make in the months to come, and how many of the young T-bag hotheads go along with it.

Boehner wants to retain his Speakers job so he is incapable of leading in the lame duck session. Period. In the Senate the Republicans suffered their worst debacle since 1964 with 25 Democrats winning to only 8 Republicans. This election was a complete disaster for the GOP but the GOP cannot come to grips with this simple fact. GOP Senators up in 2 years have to be sweating blood right now.

and it's his ass in 2014 if he doesn't open up a can of "act right".

the teahadists are rendered irrelevant by this election... our task as progressives is to make sure it stays that way by not letting up, not getting complacent, not getting distracted by every little small battle that doesn't go our way. There is a bigger picture here.

willing to go off this Cliff the Pundits and Repugs are talking about if the Repugs don't compromise. They lost the election period. President Obama needs to keep his promise just like we told him to stand up to the Repugs in the second and third Debates. The people that voted for him got his back. If the Repugs give him anymore trouble, two can play their game. A lot of Repugs will lose jobs if they go off the cliff. A lot of the Repugs Districts will lose aid too. Take Mr Pat McCrory in North Carolina. Let him ask for charity from his faith base congregations. That is their philosophy. Cut all Federal aid to North Carolina schools and see how they like it. McCrory will be raising local taxes and I'm not paying any money to that idiot. I'm doing a Mitt Romney on him. I'm not giving the state of North Carolina one penny.

It does represent a speed bump but nothing serious. Deal with things individually next year and make them retroactive. Even some of the pundits are starting to think in this manner.

The over/under is 31

"it's the law of the land"?

Obviously, the Tea Party gave him new marching orders. And with an election in January looming for the job of Speaker of the House, Boehner will not stray one iota from what the Tea Party wants. Since Boehner is incapable of leading the House the President needs to bypass Boehner and try to find individual Republican votes to join with Democrats to pass a comprehensive plan. The way forward will not be pretty and some political blood will likely be spilled. So be it.