So If Boner Went Ahead And Took The Deal That Is On The Table & Thumbed His Nose At The Tea Baggers.

[global1]

what can they do? They are outnumbered aren't they? Just ignore them. They are such a small fraction of the American public aren't they almost insignificant. Call their bluff. ;

[OHdem10]

1. I think they threatened to primary him in the next election. He should

still should move ahead.

The Republicans and the Media are always telling
Obama to Sista Soulja the Liberals. I think
it is time for Boehner to Sista Solja those Racicals.

[AlinPA]

2. That's not going to happen. The teabaggers now control the republican party. Completely. nt

[Vincardog]

3. Those radicals represent the black heart of the GOP... their checkbooks

[The Magistrate]

4. Then A Quarter Of his Representatives Lose Primaries, Sir

Then most of those seats are won by Democrats, as Republican vote totals nation-wide plummet by at least twenty percent, with a gain of about half that in Democratic totals.

[gratuitous]

5. Just yesterday, Mr. Boehner was saying there was no daylight between him and the Tea Baggers

I don't know if Boehner can shift that fast. But he knows that unlike Obama, he doesn't have the luxury of alienating such a large segment of his base. He and the Republicans need every last supporter they can get, no matter how loony.

[abelenkpe]

6. I honestly don't know any republicans who don't support the teaparty. nt

[CrossChris]

7. The Tea Party is just a reflection of what the big boys want the people to think

So I don't think it's the pressure from below that will get to him. From above--yes.

[wiggs]

8. They are playing good cop/bad cop to get every last cent they can pulled out from

programs that they don't like.

[damntexdem]

9. I hope not -- the Dems have caved way too far.

I'm hoping a government shutdown will give the Dems some spine -- or at least a whiff of GOP blood in the water.

[CanonRay]

10. He'd be out of a job in 2012