John Boehner: Architect of the Death of the Republican Party

John Boehner: Architect of the Death of the Republican Party

The RINOs and the clueless are doing their rounds today trying to shore up support for Speaker of the House John Boehner's "plan" to raise the debt ceiling and "cut spending". Yet it cuts nothing.

It suggests how much to cut, and then leaves it up to selected members of Congress to come up with specific proposals. The initial estimates by the Congressional Budget Office were $1B would be cut next year. That's right. One billion.

And we're supposed to get behind this.

Even better, Obama and Democratic Senate leader already announced it as "dead on arrival".

This is what happens when you continuously play the game of the hard core Left and buckle to them every time instead of standing your ground and making them come to you.

The House passed a budget for 2012. They passed a solution to the current predicament the Democratic Congress of 2008-2010 and this President have gotten us into at light speed compared to previous Presidents and Congresses. Neither have even seen the light of day in the Senate for debate, let alone a vote. Yet Republicans are expected to keep coming up with legislation while Democrats sit there and shoot down everything.

Yet instead of fighting for what was passed and making the Democrats sweat a little, Boehner keeps obliging them.

This weak-kneed unprincipled stance on things -- particularly on spending -- is what sent the Republicans to the wilderness for four years starting with the elections of 2006. 2010 saw them regain the House due to rallying of the conservatives and others against the epic spending levels of the previous Congress and Democrats. Now we are seeing little to no resistance and changing things. And people are angry at this. Others are getting demoralized. Cut, Cap, Balance was a plan that leveraged the strengths of the Republican negotiating position while ensuring that there would at least be a balanced budget amendment sent out to the States if the President wanted his increase in the debt ceiling. But Boehner and McConnell have refused to stand ground on it for even a few days and attempting to force a debate and vote in the Senate before buckling. Way to go, Boehner/McConnell.

Welcome to the death of the Republican party.