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    I'd dispute that.  The Democratic caucus is more ideologically fractured, but Pelosi was dealing with rational actors for the most…
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    • I honestly don't understand this from Boehner's office.  Is his entire staff incompetent?  Do they want him to fail?  Have…
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    • some Senate Democrat or Bernie Sanders should toss in an amendment setting the salaries of Congress at the median family…
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    • What would the Tea Party be if it compromised? Is this a Zen koan, like the sound of one hand…
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    • Let's recall that Boehner got the job because literally almost no one else wanted it.  He got to keep the…
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    • When it comes to Frum I can only think "concern troll is concerned". I don't doubt that there are honest…
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    • Honestly if I were one of Boehner's "constituents" (i.e. a corporate fat cat) I'd tell him that if he gets…
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    • And I don't see why he couldn't still do it, other than that he's Boner. You really don't see that…
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    • There's no way Obama's political team lets him have a birthday party in the middle of a government shutdown/default crisis.…
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    • Here's what Boehner should have done a long time ago. He should have told his caucus that he was going…
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    • I think Booman is talking about the commenters, not Breivik.  When he links to a story titled "Pat Buchanan Praises…
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    • Cold shoulder nothing - try active aggression against the voter by the rep's staff. I know what they're like when…
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    • Note that if Obama even hints that he's ready with a plan to go it alone, the GOP will probably…
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    • To be fair Booman - if the strategy you've outlined above is actually what's going on and an intentional strategy,…
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    • Moreover I think that the Tea Party folks are so guided by their religously-held principles that they will ignore any…
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    • Atrios has some skepticism about Congress acting quickly in response to a drop in the markets. Are you talking about…
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    • The last Republican president to care about the deficit was Poppy Bush, and he lost his job because he broke…
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    • Well, no - it was an "attack" of a sort - a very mild rebuke in a political setting. It's…
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    • Which is why new SS and Medicare payments won't be made either.  And some of the Pentagon spending (but not…
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    • I can't get past the fact that those bills will represent a default. Well that's your problem, because those kinds…
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