every other day in congress, and so if john boehner can get the house through this moment, you know, eric cantor doesn t necessarily want to be speaker because then all these problems fall in his lap. if he has a chance to get the house through this present crisis and move on to other issues there are if he can get through this, he can survive. the question is whether speaker boehner really is in control of his caucus. earlier this month he raised the ire of several on the right when he removed several heads of committees. the whole episode gave boehner the feel of a substitute teacher who is accountable for what happens in the classroom but isn t really in control of the kids. well, that s pretty good. after boehner s plan b failed, conservative columnist jennifer rubin wrote this, quote, his caucus has rendered boehner a nonplayer in any future fiscal negotiations because he can no longer speak for his conference. perhaps boehner should quit and let the house gop stew and wait
fall in his lap. if he has a chance to get the house through this present crisis and move on to other issues there are if he can get through this, he can survive. the question is whether speaker boehner really is in control of his caucus. earlier this month he raised the ire of several on the right when he removed several heads of committees. the whole episode gave boehner the feel of a substitute teacher who is accountable for what happens in the classroom but isn t really in control of the kids. well, that s pretty good. after boehner s plan b failed, conservative columnist jennifer rubin wrote this, quote, his caucus has rendered boehner a nonplayer in any future fiscal negotiations because he can no longer speak for his conference. perhaps boehner should quit and let the house gop stew and wait for the country to grab pitchforks. they are acting like a minority party or petulant teenagers. i m not sure if she s saluting that wild behavior.
i don t think boehner would ever lose, but i think it would be a big symbol, a very big kind of vote of dissatisfaction among his republicans. chris, you know what we don t need right now is another symbol. how about complete chaos. thank you. wait until you see the headlines the next couple days, but the grown-ups who write front pages are going to go these guys are nuts. thank you, chris, up on the hill and, josh, for enlightening us for the purposes of the viewer. coming up, the man in the middle of the republican circus, john boehner. let s figure out this guy. what is his story? he s the leader of the party that doesn t want to be led by him or anybody. they don t even well, it s not even actually a political party. it s a faction of tea party people telling the most republicans that they re not playing ball with them. also tonight, hating hillary. that was the intriguing idea behind a politico story. when will the right learn to rekindle its hatred for hillary. everybody
you need to get 218. they would need to find a nominee who had 218. i don t think boehner would ever lose, but i think it would be a big symbol, a very big kind of vote of dissatisfaction among his republicans. chris, you know what we don t need right now is another symbol. how about complete symbol. thank you. wait until you see the headlines the next couple days, but the grown-ups who write front pages are going to go these guys are nuts. thank you, chris, up on the hill and, josh, for enlightening us for the purposes of the viewer. coming up, the man in the middle of the republican circus, john boehner. let s figure out this guy. what is his story? he s the leader of the party that doesn t want to be led by him or anybody. they don t even well, it s not even actually a political party. it s a faction of tea party people telling the most republicans that they re not playing ball with them. also tonight, hating hillary.
you have to that day the idea if he goes and forces through a tax increase, they could express their dissatisfaction, their unhappiness, by not voting for him for speaker. it takes a majority of the full house for him to get elected. a couple dozen of those guys i know this stuff. for the sake of the viewers. but for the sake of me, there used to be a sense of doing the right thing, and by the time you re the party nominee for speaker, you vote for the party nominee for speaker. you don t just screw around with this thing because that would elect pelosi. if you want to see politicians do the right thing, turn to tnt and you can watch mr. smith goes to washington. is that the craziest thing, that the people would vote against boehner for speaker would vote pelosi into the speakership. they wouldn t have to vote for pelosi. they could vote for newt gingrich but pelosi would get the most votes. you need to get 218. they would need to find a nominee who had 218.