CIVIL WAR: GOP Coalition Splinters Into Open Conflict Over Debt Ceiling

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By Benjy Sarlin & Evan McMorris-Santoro
July 27, 2011

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/...iod-of.php

The Republican leadership's efforts to avert a debt ceiling crisis with a two-tiered set of cuts is turning into the most divisive wedge issue the party has confronted since President Obama took over in 2009.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) may have thought his face-saving plan, which he hoped to bring to the floor Wednesday, offered a path to victory. However, since treading upon it he's been beset from all sides. It's not just that the President is threatening to veto the bill, should it ever make it past the Senate; it's that Boehner's fellow conservatives are sniping at him with (not so) friendly fire. Now the vote he'd hoped to bring triumphantly to the floor Wednesday looks delayed until at least Thursday, and even then the outcome is uncertain.

That's because the GOP is teetering on the brink of a debt-based civil war. More traditional Republicans and big business types are desperate to avoid a recovery-crushing default. But their Tea Party colleagues are leading a rebellion of epic - perhaps even galactic - proportions. Cue the John Williams music and find out who stands where in this stand-off between the Establishment's storm-troopers and the Rebel Alliance.

Boehner's Imperial Legion

Boehner has rallied core elements of the Republican establishment to his cause, including business leaders, the House leadership and even the aging warrior Fred Thompson.

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[NJMaverick]

innocents always get hurt during wars

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(07-27-2011 06:55 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  innocents always get hurt during wars

very well put, NJMaverick. so sad, but so true.

thank you.

[jaxx]

That headline ought to make Boehners blood boil.

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(07-27-2011 07:24 AM)jaxx Wrote:  That headline ought to make Boehners blood boil.

it certainly ought to!
this is making his blood do something, though. yesterday, he looked as if he has aged twenty years. not easy for an alcohol junkie to get through round-the-clock House sessions and committee meetings.

thank you, jaxx.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

I would say that this is a good thing for the country- if the rest of us weren't caught in the crossfire.

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(07-27-2011 07:49 AM)Proud Liberal Dem Wrote:  I would say that this is a good thing for the country- if the rest of us weren't caught in the crossfire.

well said!
come to think of it, since we are caught in the crossfire, anyway, it still is a good thing for the country. saner repubs need to see what they have empowered. it is their monster to get a grip on.

thank you, Proud Liberal Dem.

[Ikonoklast]

Holy Shit, we're F.U.C.K.E.D!!!!11111!1!1


Boehner's got Fred Thompson on his side!1!!!!

FRED THOMPSON, EVERYBODY1!11!!11!!!11111
















Actually, I didn't even know O'l Foggy Fred still was above the dirt.

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(07-27-2011 03:51 PM)Ikonoklast Wrote:  Holy Shit, we're F.U.C.K.E.D!!!!11111!1!1


Boehner's got Fred Thompson on his side!1!!!!

FRED THOMPSON, EVERYBODY1!11!!11!!!11111


Actually, I didn't even know O'l Foggy Fred still was above the dirt.

aaaahhh ...
thank you, Ikonoklast!

[jaxx]

Thanks Ikonoklast, I needed a good laugh today!