Boehner's report card

By: Fred Barbash
Politico
January 27, 2009

Following is a report card on House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and the stimulus package.

On Boehner:

Thomas E. Mann, Brookings Institution

“No better than C-minus. ... His tone is often shrill, his criticisms partisan and ideological, his every move seemingly designed to placate his conservative base — a far cry from his days as a serious legislator who worked both sides of the aisle.”

Ron Bonjean, GOP strategist

“Boehner gets an A for triangulating Speaker Pelosi away from President Obama. One-party rule for Democrats can be very addictive to its leadership.”

Robert Borosage, Institute for America’s Future

“Surely he gets a B-plus at least for his tan. For leadership in this crisis, he fails abjectly, unable to lift himself out of partisan posturing and ideological incoherence.”

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