John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress

[beuk]

WASHINGTON - Speaker John A. Boehner, under intense pressure from conservatives in his party, announced on Friday that he would resign one of the most powerful positions in government and give up his House seat at the end of October, as Congress moved to avert a government shutdown

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[executivehpfan]

Implode, Republican party

[mercystars]

[lovedforaday]

i guess the only reason it'll be "fun" to watch is that the tea partiers don't have much of a chance to cause too much damage since the gop doesn't control the senate or white house.

i can't blame boner, his nerves must have been shot dealing with the baggers for the past 5 years.

[shadwing]

On one hand.  This is going to seriously hamstring the Republicans and it will be fun to watch them implode.

On the other any moderate Republican with a brain isn't gonna touch the job with a 20 foot pole.  So they'll pick someone worse than he was...  Which means as usual nothing will get done in the House.

[that_which]

and Newt Gingrich laughed, and laughed, and laughed...