Speaker John Boehner has finally figured out that President Obama doesn’t play nice.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is signaling that at least one thing will change about his leadership during the 113th Congress: he’s telling Republicans he is done with private, one-on-one negotiations with President Obama.
During both 2011 and 2012, the Speaker spent weeks shuttling between the Capitol and the White House for meetings with the president in the hopes of striking a grand bargain on the deficit.
Those efforts ended in failure, leaving Boehner feeling burned by Obama and, at times, isolated within his conference.
In closed-door meetings since leaving the “fiscal cliff” talks two weeks ago, lawmakers and aides say the Speaker has indicated he is abandoning that approach for good and will return fully to the normal legislative process in 2013 — seeking to pass bills through the House that can then be adopted, amended or reconciled by the Senate. (Read More)
@lonelycon a little late the man needs to stop golfing and drinking don’t ya think???
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I’m sorry; this statement from Boehner is incredibly insulting and I’m just not buying it. Anyone with a brain cell knows the opposition through researching factual history.
Not one pol will say it publicly but everyone knows we have a Marxist President that will lie as easy as you take a breath but are muzzled by fear of the PC crowd via the LMSM. He was reared by leftists and has chosen to surround himself with anti-American radicals all of his adult life to this very day. People don’t suddenly change and I haven’t heard any testimonials from Dear Leader having an epiphany.
Leadership in both Parties are following progressive doctrine and growing government at an alarming, exponential pace. We can expect that from Democrats but Boehner and his loyalists got outed and played. The small minority of Republicans that voted with the Speaker and Democrat bloc in the House to raise taxes with “cliff” legislation just a couple of days ago is indisputable fact. Republican leadership has trashed the brand. Broom the House.
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How can the Republicans keep putting people in leadership who are either naive or just plain stupid or both. Obama plays them like a yo-yo and they just come back for more. Man up, guys, and act like you have a backbone. If the country goes down the tubes, and it might, you guys are just as responsible as Obama. In some cases, I think more so, because you know better.
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