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OmahaBlueDog

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Mon Mar 5, 2012, 08:01 PM Mar 2012

Maddow Blog: A leadership team divided against itself

About a month ago, we learned that "behind-the-scenes fighting" between the offices of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Speaker John Boehner had grown so intense, senior aides had to organize a "truce."

The fact that such a step was even necessary seems rather bizarre -- the Speaker's office and Majority Leader's office, as a rule, should not be at war with one another -- and reinforces the perception that House Republicans aren't exactly ready for prime time when it comes to governing in the midst of trying times.

As it turns out, however, Cantor aides haven't just been engaged in an ongoing conflict with Boehner aides; they've also been clashing with one another.

Read more at: http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/05/10585095-a-leadership-team-divided-against-itself

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