The Republicans have a real problem.... their constituents are 60-40 in favor of making a deal for raising taxes on the rich, but those who give them the biggest donations for re-election are not.

The real intransigent conservatives have some hard-to-explain slogan that says "we don't want government telling us what to do or taking our money"... no matter what the practical results may be!

Boehner is trying to 'arrange' things so he CAN make a deal without being voted out of being speaker... and maybe out of office. It ain't easy.