Boehner's last option: ally with Pelosi

[terratwin]

Since Boehner is scarabling to pass his own bill (which was delayed because he doesn't have the votes), then I doubt anything they can come up with in the Senate could possibly pass the House.

That leaves one choice, and it is entirely in Boehner's hanRAB:
1. strike a temporary alliance and abandon the Tea Pary, to ally with Nancy Pelosi and get the Democratic votes, bringing along just a couple dozen Republicans
2. miss the deadline, face a downgrade from AAA, interest rates skyrocket, not all government can get paid, causing a 10% decrease in GDP and a new recession

Boehner will need to become Speaker of the House, not merely leader of the House Republicans, abandon the Tea Party on this vote (since they already abandoned him on his bill) and strike a temporary alliance with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats that's moderate enough to bring in a majority of Democrats and minority of Republicans. The Tea Party will be really unhappy, but they abandoned him first, and they'll learn it's better to compromise with your own leader than be left out while your leadership compromises with the House Democrats.

Or the country misses the deadline on August 2nd, and Boehner might as well resign.

Which do you think Boehner will choose?

[Beyond Bleach]

REPUBLICANS WILL WIN IF THEY GIVE ME WHAT I WANT






VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN, HELL MOTHERFUCKING NO

[Manjula R]

Amid the it’s-all-over-but-the-shouting harmony that seized Capitol Hill in the wake of the announcement of a bipartisan deal on raising the debt ceiling, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) sounded a discordant note. Actually, two.

First, Pelosi said of the deal: “We all may not be able to support it, or none us may be able to support it.” Then, later in the evening she folowed up with this lukewarm comment: “I look forward to reviewing the legislation with my caucus to see what level of support we can provide.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/debt-ceiling-showdown-nancy-pelosis-conundrum/2011/07/31/gIQA1EEKmI_blog.html

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