A terrifying look into John Boehner’s awful job
By Ezra Klein, WashPost, Updated: August 14, 2013
Robert Costa’s behind-the-scenes look at how John Boehner and Eric Cantor pulled House Republicans back from a costly and self-destructive government shutdown presents itself as a narrative of something in Washington finally going right. But it’s really a detailed look at how insane the internal dynamics of House Republicans have become.
Costa identifies two strategies Boehner and Cantor employed: One was patient, delicate diplomacy with the GOP’s right flank. The other was reckless, ridiculous promises they’ll never be able to deliver on. Both come with huge costs.
Time is a precious — and scarce — resource. That’s particularly true for someone in Boehner or Cantor’s position. There’s a reason all these people actually pay someone to serve as “scheduler.” And in recent months, Boehner and Cantor’s schedulers had to schedule a lot of time for their bosses to talk their colleagues back from the abyss.
“Due to the fragility of the bonds holding the House GOP together,” Costa writes, Boehner and Cantor “labored behind the scenes, pouring cold water in careful measure on their colleagues’ boiling brinksmanship.”
(More here.)
Robert Costa’s behind-the-scenes look at how John Boehner and Eric Cantor pulled House Republicans back from a costly and self-destructive government shutdown presents itself as a narrative of something in Washington finally going right. But it’s really a detailed look at how insane the internal dynamics of House Republicans have become.
Costa identifies two strategies Boehner and Cantor employed: One was patient, delicate diplomacy with the GOP’s right flank. The other was reckless, ridiculous promises they’ll never be able to deliver on. Both come with huge costs.
Time is a precious — and scarce — resource. That’s particularly true for someone in Boehner or Cantor’s position. There’s a reason all these people actually pay someone to serve as “scheduler.” And in recent months, Boehner and Cantor’s schedulers had to schedule a lot of time for their bosses to talk their colleagues back from the abyss.
“Due to the fragility of the bonds holding the House GOP together,” Costa writes, Boehner and Cantor “labored behind the scenes, pouring cold water in careful measure on their colleagues’ boiling brinksmanship.”
(More here.)
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