GOP Rep. On ‘Plan B’ Failure: ‘It’s The Continuing Dumbing-Down Of The Republican Party’ [View all]

[TomCADem]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH) on Thursday levied sharp criticism toward House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) for the failure of the GOP leadership's fiscal cliff proposal, the so-called "Plan B," to garner enough votes to pass the chamber.

“It weakens the entire Republican Party, the Republican majority," LaTourette said, as quoted by Roll Call. "It’s the continuing dumbing-down of the Republican Party and we are going to be seen more and more as a bunch of extremists that can’t even get a majority of our own people to support policies that we’re putting forward."


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Why the sudden burst of honesty? Because LaTourette is retiring after 18 years. It is amazing that once a Republican is no longer dependant on Norquist and corporate dollars for re-election, they suddenly are willing to call their party crazy.