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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks during his weekly on-camera news conference on Capitol Hill February 2, 2012 in Washington, DC.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Thursday that he enjoys a positive working relationship with his top GOP deputy, denying a report that tensions between him and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) had gotten so bad the two had been forced to call a "truce."
Boehner said that he and Cantor hadn't had a disagreement in over a year, though the speaker made veiled reference to behind-the-scenes staff feuds famous on Capitol Hill.
"We are teammates and we have been teammates, and I could tell you that I don't think there's been a disagreement between Eric and I over the course of the last year," Boehner said, "As you're clearly aware there's been a couple of staff rumbles from time to time but, you know, that's to be expected when you're doing big things."
Boehner and Cantor -- and, for that matter, the rest of the GOP leadership team -- are famous for staying in their own lanes, running separate political and press operations. Cantor is seen as the de-facto voice, though, for the more conservative, insurgent crop of House freshmen, who have made forging agreements or finding agreement difficult, at times, for the speaker.
Details of those tensions were contained Thursday in an article published in Politico, which announced that Boehner and Cantor's offices had met in January to call an effective truce between their operations.
"I talked to the whole leadership team this morning, along with the staff, the senior leaders, about our need to continue to work together for our team," Boehner told reporters. "And so, I feel good about where we are, and happy that we've got the team that we have."
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Obama – Biden 2012…the next step in the continuing destruction of America.
If you want your comments to be read, please don't place them under this thread, as the liberal collapse cowards will soon collapse my comments.
At last count, Bush and Conservative policies have done a pretty good job on "destruction of America" as you put it.
But I know that selective amnesia, keeps you happy.
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You know, I'm half-tempted to collapse your comment just because I don't want you to go away disappointed.
There's enough fight going on in GOP camp
1 teapublican vs establishment
2 Conservative talk radio hosts vs establishment
3 Newt vs Mitt
4 Boehner vs Cantor
GOP should Keep this infighting going on while Obama coast to victory in Nov.
Looks like the 2 Girlie Men of the Republican Party are going at it!
Just one word: CATFIGHT!!!!!
Da Noid.....Nah, leave it up, it let's everyone see what an idiotic comment he has posted.
Poor thing he can't help himself, we have to consider he lives...... in Arizona
Destruction of America started with BUSH and his band of knuckleheads and continues with this Congress of GOP (Government Over The People.)
Cantor and Boehner should go out and shoot some quail.
And what exactly has this Administration done to reverse these policies? Blame the Republican House from 2011 if you must but the major legislation that the Democrats passed when they were in charge were the stimulus and the ACA. The ACA which contains an individual mandate. Wasn't Obama the candidate that claimed his plan would be so good that people would want to buy insurance because it would be so cheap? Didn't he slam Hillary for wanting to garnish wages? How does the individual mandate fit into this narrative? I would say this is 10 out of 10 on the flip-flop meter.
You really think those two pieces of legislation are change?
Policies that have not changed are:
Tax Policy
Afghanistan (escalated)
Unmanned Drones
Patriot Act (re-authorized)
NDAA
SS (Underfunded due payroll tax cut)
Drug Companies and Medicare
Change my ass
Wayne-1656909 -
AAH....you asking for trouble cause the DICK in them might manifest itself.
John,
Really?
Sorry, Collapsing is what you RWNJs do best. Just keepin' it real.
Well it helps to wear a hat when it hits the century mark.
John from Tucson
You flatter yourself way too much.....liberals like comments like yours - it reminds us what the competition is really about - not much!
Alan...You've been hangin with Snooki and the Gang? Too much partaaaaying in Jersey. Haven't you heard: The Pres is ending the war in the AFG. 5 times the drone strikes as Bush...Guess that means my kids won't have to do another tour. Then again since you are such a brave soul..You might want to sign up and volunteer like Mittens and his family or that super patriot and cage fighter "The Donald."
Oh! and John...Why anyone would WANT to collapse such erudite posts as yours is beyond me. I always look forward to insights you offer here.
GOP leadership team -- are famous for staying in their own lanes.............
Lanes hell, I'd call them ruts.
The little mouse Cantor wants Boehner's job. Boehner doesnt want to give it up. Period
Cantor is like McConnell. His number one job is to make Boehner a one term speaker.
No tan on Johnyboy; sure sounds like "truble" in paradise....these two need to be waterboarded to get to the bottom of the issue...where is Dick when ya need him?
Bad Worse
establishment teapublican
establishment Conservative talk radio hosts
Newt Mitt
Boehner Cantor
It would be funny if it wasn't so scary.
Guess I was correct about the liberal collapse cowards
I don't think Cantor will win another re-election!!!!!!
I think people will come out in his state just to vote against him.
He has no substance abut hiimself and is against the American people.
if I had to vote between the two I wouldn't vote at all....
Watch your back Boehner, the little weasel Cantor is sneaking up behind you with a knife.
Obama in 2012.
You are right on the money Tom...he is like a leech hanging on Boehner...biding his time...I swear... to anyone who is a fan of "Lord of the Rings"...every time I see these two together I am put in mind of Saruman (Boehner) and Grima Worm-Tongue (Cantor)....honestly...I can't help it!!! Did you notice how Cantor managed to stick close to the President during his entrance to give the SOTU address?...wanted to be sure and get that camera on himself.....weasel indeed.....
Well, Wayne, here is my rebuttal:
Tax Policy: Obama offered a plan that would let tax breaks for the wealthy expire in return for additional spending cuts; but the GOP said no, and any prospect for tax reform before 2012 is limited.
Afghanistan (escalated): Well, the surge is winding down, and technically the surge helped beat back the Taliban and reduce their threat. Plus we're set to get our troops out of that goddamn war of choice by 2014, which will save us billions over the next decade.
Unmanned drones: Technically, Obama has stepped up use of them, allowing us to take out targets like al-Awlaki. They may cause civilian casualties (in which I would ask for more coordination), but they reduce total casualties of both Americans AND civilians by enabling us to use machines with precision instead of ground troops who can accidentally kill civilians and in turn be killed.
Patriot Act: Can't say much about that...
NDAA: Obama signed the NDAA while writing a statement expressing his concerns. It will also show that he may block any parts of the bill that will violate the Constitution.
SS payroll tax cut: Unfortunately you are not up-to-date. The tax cut extension was paid for by increasing fees on mortgages. Obama actually planned to pay for the ENTIRE cost with a small surtax on millionaires, but as you know the GOP are beholden to the 1% and so they refused.
Drug Companies and Medicare: Check the Healthcare Reform bill, which will cut costs for Medicare while extending insurance coverage to millions of Americans.
Change my Ass: Not much I can say except that you aren't up to date on the change that is happening and the change that WILL happen when Obama is re-elected in 2012 and the GOP are destroyed.
Class Warfare my Ass.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
Worst Speaker ever! Can anyone tell me why the House is passing new Bills that stand NO chance of passing in the Senate. These worthless Bills have NOthing about jobs just smoke and mirrors. Its like the House is on a Kill America plan. Vote all the greedy bastards out.
Please don't blame all of us in Arizona for idiots like John!
There are a lot of us, especially here in Tucson, who are working hard to put Boehner and Cantor and their ilk out of work by this time next year!
Don't worry CJ, America doesn't blame Arizona for the Speaker's problems. And we appreciate your efforts to place Cantor and Boner and their cronies on the unemployment line to actually see how it is to be a member of the 99%.
The issue between Cantor and Boehner is that Cantor wants Boehner's job.
If I were Boehner, I would beware the Ides of March.
And will stop at nothing to get it!
Might be a good idea for John to hire someone to 'taste' the Merlot he can't seem to live without! lol
After playing kiss-kiss, make up, one wonders who started crying first, Boehner or Cantor? Something tells me it wasn't the steely-eyed Cantor.
The Weeper is afraid of Eric....Eric probably forced him to come out and say all is well between us! ...right on Eric.
I was concerned to see Eric enter the joint session of Congress directly behind President Obama, with that smirk on his face.
So Feisty, the Speaker of the House is an alcoholic? C'mon out and say so, don't be shy with your smears..
Oh! Please allow ME, bob:
I think the Speaker of the House is an alchohlic.
FIRE HIM, and Cantor too!
JMO
When President Obama made Boehner cry during his first SOTU address, it was at that very moment I knew Boehner would become Obama's bitch...and Boehner hasn't disappointed.
Boehner will be out in November, and Creepy Cantor is Jonesin' to wear the Tiara...
[I think the Speaker of the House is an alchohlic.]
All one needs as proof is to watch Boehners' famous "HELL NO YOU CAN'T!!" rant...
...simply amazing...seems like classic untreated alcoholism.
Much like Allen Wests rants are classic untreated PTSD...he really should see someone about that.
Hi Mickey,
This is so funny. I just spit water on my monitor.
I'd have more respect for Boehner if there WAS friction between him and Cantor.
Behner is an incompetent boob, but Cantor is downright evil.
Cantor is just setting himself up to be minority leader in the House after the November elections. Boehner is just in denial about all of those knives in his back. The smart money predicted all of this after the 2010 elections. Cantor knew the tea party was useful, but ultimately had no staying power, so he let Boehner become the speaker knowing it was only for 2 years. Now he is set up to take the thrown after the 2012 republican failure puts Boehner out of the leadership.
Well??????????Whatd'ya Expect??? ErictCant'Or'Else was in the congressional shower room and dropped his bar of soap in front of THE BONER. Now, WE ALL Know about doing a BendOver Deal with THE BONER! And ErictCant'OrElse Has Just Learned!!!!! Next Time, ErictCan'tOrElse, When You are with THE BONER Wear Your CrapitalHillChatityBelt!!!!THE BONER Did to you What You RepublicanCrimeCartelSoldiers have been doing to We AmericanTaxpayers For A VERY LongTime.
Booby - it is the worst kept secret in DC! You might try keeping up for a change! ;o)
♥
Your favorite moonbat!
If Crayola tried to duplicate that color, do you think they would name it after him? lol
A case or two of Merlot should do the trick! ;o)
He's a cheap drunk dontcha know?
Actually - you're all wrong NANCY PELOSI will be the new SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
John (we have a deal) (we don't have a deal) Boehner is claiming every thing is rosy? The TEA party leader rules the coup. Boehner keeps going back with proposals and Cantor keeps sending him back with changes.
The classic republican sticks to the rules; if you can't say something nice about a fellow republican, don't say anything at all. The conservative establishment is silent on the issue. What's that tell you?
As many times as Boehner thumbs up and thumbs down policy issues, he is awarded the Yo-Yo of the decade trophy.
I'm sorry, but if I were Boehner, I would drink daily too.
[Actually - you're all wrong NANCY PELOSI will be the new SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE]
Touché...
And Cantor will be the minority leader. Nasty little Eric knew that in November, 2010.
Fiesty, It's been reported that Boehner's drink of choice is Scotch and Diet Coke. I kid you not!
Yuch! I hope he's not polluting single malt with that Diet Coke.
Cantor can not understand facts. He wants to write history as he sees it and not what it actually says.
Those of us who watched the special interview with Cantor at his home in Virgina were stuned when he and his Chief of staff claimed that President Reagan did not raise taxes. That is simply a LIE. Reagan raised taxes 11 times during his Eight years as President.
The National debt was $930,210T whenReagan took office. Eight years later it was $2,684T. That is a whopping 189% increase in the National Debt by a Conserative President. As a comparison of Percentages of Increase in the Nationsal Debt Bush #1 was 55.6%, Clinton was 36% and Bush #2 was 89% . These numbers are posted on the Official Government web site Bureau of Public Debt.
The Republican Presidents created the Vast Majority of the Current National Debt yet they claim to be Conseratives. The FACTS don't support that claim.
"Can't" Cantor makes Freddy Kreuger look like a kindly old man.
And "Weeper of the House" Boehner...he clearly needs a long rest in a quiet place.
If Boehner is an alcoholic, this wouldn't be a problem if he were a competent leader. He's not a competent leader, but don't blame it on the booze. He is in a tough spot, trying to be the single leader of what is essentially two political parties (or possibly one very dysfunctional one).
Big things? WTF is he talking about? They haven't done anything other then social issues. Nothing on the economy or jobs.
Boehner has overseen the most dysfunctional Congress in US history.
And Cantor and his GOP-obstructionist ideologue buddies are to blame.
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Cantor has made a fool of Boehner over the last two years.
Watch the GOP is like watching a ship breaking up at sea. Disturbing but at the same time fascinating.
Wednesday ADP reported that companies added 170,000 workers in January, reflecting job gains in services and at small businesses, according to a private report based on payrolls.
Given the usual offset between ADP and the BLS numbers I would expect the official BLS report tomorrow will show an increase of about 110,000 jobs. Perhaps a little low but that will be better than most expect after cutbacks in seasonal (Christmas retail, transportation and warehouse) jobs.
Weekly SEASONALLY ADJUSTED jobless claims down 12,000 to 367K announced today.
UNADJUSTED DATA: The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 415,094 in the week ending January 28, a decrease of 1,786 from the previous week. There were 464,775 initial claims in the comparable week in 2011, down nearly 50,000 from this same week a year ago.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm
While the crew beats each other over their heads with oars!
Doing big things? Seriously?
It's every man for himself.
The "Me First Party".
Dennis
Yeah the news on the jobs front is good but not spectacular. Good enough that Obama will get my vote over any one of the clowns on the GOP side. Man they're scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Feisty
And half the people on shore yell "kill 'em".;)
At least there aren't many people left on that ship.
I do believe the Speaker of the House is worried that Mr. Cantor may stick a knife in his back - and run for the Speakership himself!
Phine - you are starting to scare me .. we think too much alike.
Red,
Just think the old "Great Minds" thing. (It will be good for your ego too! LOL)
Oh, I can pretty much guarantee that one way or another John Boehner is not the Speaker of the House at this time next year.
Is anyone else as concerned about John Boehner as I am? I'm being serious here folks. Doesn't breaking down into sobs at the drop of a hat indicate some medical or mental problem? Really, I'm being serious. It just seems like a lack of impulse control or something.
pretty much guarantee? is that like "it may be definite"
"...that's to be expected when you're doing big things." I think he meant when you're doing NOTHING!
Yes, Cantor will run, but it will be for Minority Leader, not the Speakership. In order to be Speaker your party needs the majority, and Cantor is smart enough to know that isn't happening after November.
Who really cares? Why not speculate on the machinations going on in the WH. Seems that there is more drama there than in the house.
I would worry if Obama has Cantor behind him during the State of the Union. Talk about the potential for a knife in the back.
He said this laying face down in the hospital, recovering from hundreds of stab wounds in his back.
Red,
I have heard of "burying the hatchet", but didn't realize Mr. Cantor would take it seriously! :)
Boehner and Cantor remind me of the two bully dogs in an old Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Boehner - aka "Spike the dog" minus the bowler hat and striped turtleneck sweater - thought it would be fun to have the little Cantor dog prancing around at his heels, constantly pestering him with demands of "Can we go chase the Democrats now, John? Can we?! Can we?!"
Alas, as the cartoon always ended with a forlorn looking Spike peering through a set of bars - as he was being hauled away to the pound in the Dog Catcher's paddy wagon - at the conniving little dog who had set him up for the fall and was now wearing his bowler and sweater....
Et tu Johnny B. Et tu!!!
Big things ... like naming post offices?
Big things ...like blocking legislation?
Big things like keeping millions of people out of work to cost one man the Presidency.
Big things like screwing up a reading of the Constitution. Failing to repeal Obamacare, failing to privitize Medicare, and on and on...
When did I miss that they started doing big things? Or does he condider naming stuff after St. Reagan big?
Big things like....trying to prevent millions of women from receiving vital healthcare from planned parenthood or trying to defund the Muppets???
Yes big things like making sure that "In god we trust" remains on our money and the pledge of allegiance also references god because we're being attack by the godless Muslims or atheists or socialists. Thank you for those BIG THINGS.
One of the basic tenets of the work place is "make your boss look good". Failing that, "cut him off at the knees".
Cantor read, "How to Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying."
More like "The 48 laws of power" aka the sociopaths handbook.
I do believe Mr. Cantor is looking at Mr. Boehner's knees!
Really? Cantor must have some unusual fetish!
After the Republicans lose the House this year, the Cantor/Boehner story will be moot.
Amy, what are you smoking up there in Maine?
Bob, what are you snorting around your place?
I was wondering what he was shooting. Oh well, to each his own.
Oh good lord, keep Cantor and Boehner in the same spot as now, I would hate to see either one going for President. They are both disgusting men, especially Cantor now letting Boehner kiss his butt. Or, do you think Boehner really doesn't know what the weasel is doing?
Couldn't happen to two nicer guys, neither one of them have an ounce of integrity between them.
What Politician Does..?
Other than Bernie not many.
Oh First Read--'between he and...Cantor' obviously should be 'between him and...Cantor'. You know, the print media's standards have fallen so far to the wayside that reporters and journalists across the country make these mistakes repeatedly.
That orange coloring on Boehner does kinda remind me of that stuff they swab you with before an operation.
Silly, me .. I thought it was idiotic Boehner, but now I see it is iodinic Boehner.
You're definitely on your game today Red. Are you somehow related to phine?
I think we are cut from the same mold, but she is the east coast gentler version, I am a west coast snarkier version. And I should probably stop before I step in dogie-dodo.
I am still LOL about the statement "you're doing big things."
What have you accomplish? Oh! that's right you named some buildings! What a joke!!
The "doing big things" really means they are fighting over who is better at taking Obama down. We have seen they are both incompetent fools when it comes to that.
Wonder where the RWNJ's of this post are exhalting about all the "BIG" things the GNOP has accomplished in the past years???? (Other than saying NO to everything).
Boner V C-nter
As Samuel Johnson put it:"Sir,there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea".
A House divided cannot stand (or something like that). Republik Party has problems.
Who wouldn't have tensions with Cantor...he's a jerk.
Cantor (or better--Cancer) and Boehner are both bad jokes--may they destroy each other. Cantor actually makes me ill when I see him on tv.
Neither one will have the job after November!
They both have pretty safe seats. They will probably both get re-elected. The only real question is whether they will be in the majority or the minority in the next Congress, and if the majority, whether Boehner will step (or be forced) aside from the speaker position.
Boehner and Cantor both have well gerrymandered districts that appear to make them pretty safe for their next election.
I have one reason for hope in that our last November election my county went Democratic for the first time in over 70 years. One can't help but wonder if the do nothing GOP congress is headed for the fate.
Then he continued... "Mitch, Eric and I all want the same thing. As we've said before, we want to see America fail. This is the only thing that will put us back into the White House. Our team is in agreement on this. Even Rush and Grover say so...the lobbyists waiting in my office right now want it too! Once Willard "Mitt" Romney is elected, we can all shift our bank accounts from Switzerland and the Bahamas back to the USA, as we'll have no taxes at all." You could see a tiny tear form as he uttered that last sentence.....
Good piece--"Truth in jest" as it's said--no question that the GOP would rather see a Gotterdamerung than a successful country --sort of like Hitler trapped in his bubnker wanting to flood out the Berlin subways and drown the sheltered souls rather than face the prospect of his evil being destroyed.
Well it is a hard job, being the obstructing party leader! But do look out for that knife in the back, next one could hit a vital organ, you know like your liver! LMAO MKEMike!
You moonbats feign shock when the Republican House doesnt roll over and vote for more failed Obama policies.
Obstructionist, my foot.
Can't wait for 2013, under President Romney, when these same moonbats will suddenly extol the merits of "obstructionism'.
The moonbats vs. the moonbOts. Moonbats are interested in success here on the good old planet earth and in the good ole USA. I wear my liberal moonbat badge proudly. MoonbOts are rote supporters of the GOP/TP, blandly relegating their votes to a candidate that will ship them to the moon to perform mindless robotic mining duties.
Moonbats understand the complexity of compromise. MoonbOts cannot rise above obstructionism (the terrible twos in infantile terms).
at least any wounds won't have to be sterilized because of the amount of alcohol in him already.....
Red Did you notice the other night when Obama gave the speech. He and Biden had their little USA pin on their lapel, but not our Boehner. I didn't see it on any republican but did on some democrats.
"Big things ... like naming post offices?"
...and reaffirming 'In God We Trust' for the 100th time.........
" Boehner said, "As you're clearly aware there's been a couple of staff rumbles from time to time but, you know, that's to be expected when you're doing big things."
Hmmmmmm,,,Anyone care to name ONE thing they have accomplished besides suggest more taxcuts for the rich?
Bo, Nothing comes to mind. They promised to do nothing and they're still on track.
What Cantor does not understand Virginians are emaarassed by him and fed up with him. He thinks he will be reelected, guess what he will not. the man is a dunce, and Virginians know it. People in Va have tried talking to him but he is not listening, of course everyone has agreed, when they passed out brains he thought they said trains and did not get any. again the main is a dunce.
I don't live in Virginia but when is Cantor up for re election?
Allison -- All representatives are up for election every two years.
Probably, Boehner's chief of staff said Reagan raised taxes and Cantor's chief of staff yelled, "YOU LIE."
Rburn, regarding your post 1.7, I have to correct your statement: destruction of America did not start with Bush. It started with the borrow and spend policies of Reagan. Reagan was the one that started the national debt spiraling upward and out of control. Republicans, unless you haven't noticed, are tax, borrow and spend liberals. They like to say they are fiscal conservatives, but that's a great big fat lie. They spend like drunken sailors, then when they don't have a Republican in the White House, they complain bitterly about balancing the budget. It's all smoke and mirrors. Clinton, on the other hand balanced the budget and left a budget surplus for George W.
Republicans are certainly social conservatives. That is why I can never find a Republican who remotely reflects my own political philosophy because I'm fiscally conservative and for small government, but socially, I'm a live and let live kind of guy. Both these are at the opposite ends of the Republicans positions.
Don't ever let a Republican convince you that Republicans are fiscally conservative. If you look at what they say, I guess they are, but if you look at their records, it tells a totally different story. They love huge bureaucracy. Who else would have a marriage czar other than a Republican governor like Brownback of Kansas? Who else would institute scores of bureaucratic requirements to get medical treatments and come between you and your doctor than Republicans, like they are doing in Texas right now? Who else would burgeon the cost of the legislative process with unprecedented use of the filibuster than the Senate Republicans? Ask yourself why the national debt rose something like 5 trillion dollars under GWB. Look at the neocons website, Project for a New American Century, (which Romney supports) and you will see they advocate for increases in military spending. SPEND SPEND SPEND. That is all the Republicans know how to do, that and borrow.
Don't get me wrong, I know there are times when spending is necessary. But it is excessive and useless spending that I'm complaining about. Pork pork pork. Republicans are the image that I think of when I think of pork, like the bridge to nowhere. Why they like to spend so much I will never know. It's like giving a credit card to a clothes horse.
Perhaps that is why Boehner and Cantor are fighting, there is some constraint on their spending right now and they are both jonesing for it. They need a fix. They haven't had a blank check to just keep shoveling out the money and borrowing like they could under GWB.
When Bush got in the White House in 2001, gasoline was a buck fifty. before his eight years was up, it rose to over four bucks. thankfully, he's gone and it has come down some.
When he and Cheney started in 2001, defense and war spending was 400 billion/year. by the time he left, it was 800 billion/year. They are like junkies. I just don't know how they can claim fiscal conservatism, unless they are like every other kind of junky, they just lie and steal to get more money. Thankfully, now that they are gone, that figure is also coming down.
Maybe that's what Boehner and Cantor are fighting about, which lies to tell that will get them more spending.
It's modeled after the Romney Bain plan. Run up debt, take huge profits and bankrupt whats left. Now you can get rid of all that wasteful safety net that those greedy seniors, disabled and the poor live the high life on.