Boehner: Obama is funny ha-ha about fiscal cliff
At the mercy of backbenchers
By Dana Milbank, WashPost, Published: December 14
To hear House Speaker John Boehner tell it, President Obama is a veritable Stephen Colbert.
“It’s clear that the president’s just not serious,” Boehner said at his weekly news conference in the House TV studio Thursday.
“The White House is so unserious,” he said a moment later.
“Here we are at the 11th hour, and the president still isn’t serious,” he repeated.
Boehner is right — seriously. The administration hasn’t been treating the “fiscal cliff” talks as a substantial negotiation, and for one very good reason: It’s not clear it has anybody to negotiate with.
At the White House and on Capitol Hill, a fear is growing that Boehner is not in a position to negotiate a successful deal, because if he strikes the kind of compromise needed to solve the fiscal standoff, he may well lose the support of his House GOP caucus — and possibly his job as speaker.
(More here.)
To hear House Speaker John Boehner tell it, President Obama is a veritable Stephen Colbert.
“It’s clear that the president’s just not serious,” Boehner said at his weekly news conference in the House TV studio Thursday.
“The White House is so unserious,” he said a moment later.
“Here we are at the 11th hour, and the president still isn’t serious,” he repeated.
Boehner is right — seriously. The administration hasn’t been treating the “fiscal cliff” talks as a substantial negotiation, and for one very good reason: It’s not clear it has anybody to negotiate with.
At the White House and on Capitol Hill, a fear is growing that Boehner is not in a position to negotiate a successful deal, because if he strikes the kind of compromise needed to solve the fiscal standoff, he may well lose the support of his House GOP caucus — and possibly his job as speaker.
(More here.)
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