While we're about dysfunctional institutions...
Boehner lashes out at conservative groups on budget deal ""They're using our members and they're using the American people for their own goals," an animated Boehner told reporters at the Capitol. "This is ridiculous."
OooOo, so the ante is upped now!
Hey, it seems likely even
McConnell will vote
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See, that conclusion requires an attitude that sees beyond questions of ideological purity as the sole arbiter of worth, and a more mature view of politics that tempers idealism with realism. It requires that the voters of the base comprehend the nuances of a reality where strict purity tests and refusal to back down regardless of the situation are more damaging than the so-called "selling out" they've come to so dislike.
Yea, if the comments from certain peanuts in the gallery today are representative of a widespread opinion among the base, it's gonna get ugly in 2014.
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This sort of public revolt against party leadership is the basis of the "civil war" analogy. When factions within the Democratic Party start holding primaries en masse against one another against the will of party leadership, then you might have a point.
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The assumption that the passage of this budget is resting solely on how much the Republican's listen to their Tea Party buddies is a faulty assumption. Republican's don't like the bill, Democrats don't either. Some aren't going to vote for it. Many will because not passing it will be bad for their party.
When factions within the Democratic Party start holding primaries en masse against one another against the will of party leadership, then you might have a point.
Probably going to be sooner than you think.
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It's kind of in the job description.
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Black-and-white worldview: it's the American way!
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