Conservatives
warn the speaker’s fate could be determined by how he handles the next
seven days.
Article by POLITIO
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... Close allies of Speaker John Boehner are worried that his
conservative rivals could move to oust him as soon as next week.
Removing a sitting speaker
is exceedingly difficult, and such an effort would almost certainly
fall short.
Yet growing speculation about the possibility of it –
coming after
Friday’s embarrassing defeat at the hands of conservatives and House
Democrats on the homeland security battle — shows how vulnerable the
speaker has become.
Frustration with the Ohio
Republican is mounting after dozens of hardliners voted Friday against
his three-week funding package for the Department of Homeland Security.
Hours of frantic leadership meeting ensued. After some backroom
maneuvering with Democrats, Boehner was able to push through a one-week
bill to keep DHS open. Obama signed the bill into law just 10 minutes
before a shutdown of the massive federal agency.
The stinging rebuke of Boehner on the House floor
infuriated
his supporters, who accused opponents of handing Democrats a huge PR
victory.
“Some of these 52 [Republican who voted no] are more worried about
protecting their own careers than protecting their constituents from
ISIL. They are more worried about primaries than they are about the
country,” said a GOP lawmaker close to Boehner, using an acronym for
the Islamic State.
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“This is all aimed at Boehner. They want to take
Boehner out.”
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are more worried about protecting their own careers than protecting their constituents from ISIL
ReplyDeleteThey were referring to the RINO's, right? Right Snerdly? Right, Bueller?
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
Maybe, after the conservative members of the Republican Party, as opposed to Boehner and his fellow RINOs, toss his sorry ass out of the Speakership, Boehner will do what he should have done years ago - move over to the Democrat side of the aisle. Or resign and go back to Ohio where he belongs.
ReplyDeleteYou're assuming Ohio wants him back.
ReplyDeleteNot raising debt does not equal a default:
ReplyDeleteThe Treasury can continue to issue debt to refinance existing debt that has come due. It just can't issue new debt above the debt ceiling*.
What would happen would be about a 40% cut in spending over night, which might not be a bad thing.
It would become a default if Obama orders the Treasury to stop issuing debt to refinance.
* I am not sure if the debt ceiling also includes intra-governmental debt (i.e. Social Security Trust fund). Social Security went cash flow negative in 2010, meaning the deficit is made up from general revenues by SS cashing in the notes. Can the treasury issue new debt to cover the trust fund obligations?
Boehner reminds me a bit of the later western Roman Emperors during the decline: Really good at squashing internal opposition..
ReplyDeleteTalent and drive in opposing the real enemies (barbarian hordes) threatening to destroy west? No so much.