As pointed out earlier in the thread, I think by Bill D, Boehner has to do what he's doing, so that when he finally caves in at the last minute, he can tell the base he did all he could do.

Theatre, and not even very exciting, since you know the ending already.

So on this topic we may as well take a nap until about 31 Dec.




There are already indications that the Tea Party is about over---both defeats of some of their stalwarts and withdrawals by some others (e.g. DeMint.)

Stay tuned for the GOP civil war--especially on the illegal immigration issue:    there are enough sensible people in the GOP (e.g. Rubio, Jeb Bush) to realize that the Tea Party --Know Nothing stance on this is a ticket to political oblivion.