Have you seen this video yet?
It’s John Boehner mocking Republicans in Congress who aren’t going along with his plan for comprehensive immigration reform happening pre-election.
It’s hard to fathom how Boehner thought this would help him with his colleagues. Maybe with the funders at the Chamber of Commerce, sure. But for the people he works with in the big building with the domed roof? his is an epic leadership fail.
Here’s Greg Sargent in WaPo, practically writing John a Thank You note:
Boehner has laid bare the real crux of the issue here, undoing in one stroke what months and months of spin from Republicans was designed to obscure. Boehner has repeatedly said Republicans won’t act because Obama’s refusal to enforce the law proves he can’t be trusted to honor his end of any immigration compromise. But the first and most important question Republicans face is this: What set of terms and conditions will it take for Republicans to embrace some form of legal status for the 11 million?
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Boehner’s comments can be taken as an admission that this is the core issue here: Republicans don’t want to solve the basic policy problem we face, which will require accepting uncomfortable trade-offs, when doing nothing — allowing the status quo to fester — is politically easier.
From the GOP Congress? Probably less of a Thank You, more of #&*$ you.
This is just one more reason why he needs to be defeated at the polls! If Ohio does happen to reelect him, I hope Republican representatives remember this and ensure he is no longer the Speaker of the House come Jan 2015.
Boehner is going to pass amnesty and retire to florida with his millions. That is why we are trying to stop him in the primary before he does anymore damage!