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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGOP loons want Boehner’s scalp – but their plan is doomed to fail - By DIGBY
The problem: Finding a House Republican both ideologically correct and popular enough to win a caucus electionDIGBY
Its that time of year again: Spring is in the air, a midterm is on the horizon, and a young radicals fancy turns to revolution. Yes, its time for another right-wing plot to dethrone an extremely conservative speaker of the House.
National Journal reports that in discreet dinners at the Capitol Hill Club and in winding, hypothetical-laced email chains unhappy Tea Party Republicans are mad as hell and theyre not going to take it anymore. John Boehner, the man who has managed to successfully maneuver a Democratic Senate and a Democratic president into passing one austerity budget after another, is considered a squish for failing to bring down the state. This is not the first time. It was only a year ago that similar threats were whispered and nothing came of it. But this time they insist theyre serious. If they could just settle on a plan.
The Liberty Caucus led by Justin Amash and Raul Labrador (aka the wacko-bird faction) has never liked Boehner and has threatened to form an angry mob. Again. Even Eric Cantor is in their cross hairs since he made whats now apparently considered an ideologically unacceptable error by allowing what has always been a pro-forma vote to pass with a voice vote. They arent just angry. Theyre hurt. They feel theyve been violated:
Its an issue of trust. If you want to have a majority that is governing, and a majority that is following the leader, the rest of us need to be in a position where we trust our leadership, Labrador said this week, adding, When you have politicians actually playing tricks on their own party, and their own members of Congress, I think that erodes the trust the American people have in the rest of us.
I cant think of a time where I felt my trust had been more violated since Ive been hereand thats pretty stiff competition, Mulvaney added.
I cant think of a time where I felt my trust had been more violated since Ive been hereand thats pretty stiff competition, Mulvaney added.
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http://www.salon.com/2014/04/11/gop_loons_want_boehner%E2%80%99s_scalp_%E2%80%93_but_their_plan_is_doomed_to_fail/
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GOP loons want Boehner’s scalp – but their plan is doomed to fail - By DIGBY (Original Post)
DonViejo
Apr 2014
OP
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)1. Poor little whiners....
senn them some cheese.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)2. After watching and listening to Boehner during the shutdown and threat to default on the US debt,
I can't tell the difference between him and any other Teabagger, including Michelle Bachman.
tavernier
(12,322 posts)3. Yeah, they're all the same.
Like trying to tell which Payday bar is nuttier.