John Boehner's attack on conservative groups was mix of simmering frustration and strategic calculation

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Washington Examiner:

House Speaker John Boehner's harsh words for outside conservative groups that have made running the House so difficult were expected. That the usually unflappable Ohio Republican would express his displeasure so publicly was not.

 

In the 48 hours before the House vote on a budget compromise needed to avoid a second government shutdown, Boehner twice publicly castigated Tea Party-aligned groups for rejecting the budget compromise before even seeing it, and charged that the groups were profiting from the controversies they help create. He warned his House Republicans not to "surrender" their votes to the groups.

 

Unlike Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s calculated attack on just one of the groups, the Senate Conservatives Fund, Boehner didn’t single out any group by name in a verbal attack that Republican aides characterized as spontaneous.

But Boehner's unusually aggressive posture appeared to be more than impulsive. Political operatives who have observed Boehner up close said the speaker could be signaling his intent to be far less accommodating to a conservative faction of his party that has often been critical of his leadership.

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2 quick points...

I've got some problems with John (to eager to make a deal), but....How many years have some on the Right calling John Boehner everything but late for dinner, without him really saying anything? Now he says something publicly and it is a huge deal! So I say Good For You John.

 

Has anyone refuted what he said? Cause I haven't seen it.

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Harry Reid has been a complete a** for how many years? Have you ever heard a Dem say anything against him???? I could give so many other instances. Republicans eat their own time after time.

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Harry Reid has been a complete a** for how many years? Have you ever heard a Dem say anything against him???? I could give so many other instances. Republicans eat their own time after time.

IM(not so)HO this has got to stop. As I have said before there is a right way and a wrong way to criticize someone and get your point across and a wrong way, all to often we choose the wrong way....name calling.