The absurdly named "American Thinker" is now claiming the scalp of a rich alcoholic. They are now claiming the scalp of John Boehner for being too moderate.
How does this work? The Moonie Times carried an article claiming that John Boehnernow owns Obamacare.
The Tea Party reacted. Strongly. They want him gone......
According to J Robert Smith of the "American Thinker" John Boehner is now nothing more than a figure-head speaker. A view that is actually bipartisan.
There are two new GOP leaders
Remarkably, Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are leading from the House side of Congress. That's right, House conservatives, in a gutsy move, are consulting with both senators, seeking their leadership while spurning Boehner's.
Boehner is flopping
This course-changing development -- the beginning of the end of Boehner's speakership (and likely his congressional career) -- is underappreciated. Boehner can't possibly retain the speakership in January 2015 -- even if he wants it -- if roughly a third or more of his caucus refuses to support his nomination for another term.
There is no way out for him. He destroys the GOP position with voters or he destroys his position with the new GOP formerly known as the Tea Party.
Make no mistake, Republicans will lose the House if disgusted conservative voters sit home next year.
If the speaker attempts to take his moderates and build ad hoc coalitions with House Democrats to pass legislation unpalatable to conservatives (something his lieutenants have suggested in the past), he's likely to spark a crisis that leads to his ouster.
Boehner's accommodationist approach has gone wretchedly with grassroots conservatives, who see the speaker as part of the problem in Washington. Boehner began his House career as a reliable conservative, only to morph over the years into a quintessential establishment Republican, a hack more interested in making nice with Democrats and tidying-up the welfare state than pushing for seminal reforms.
John meet your Frankenstein monster. Full on Koch addicts. Addicted to every grain of talking point. You encouraged them. You helped finance them. They are your baby. They will now swallow you.
Drink to that.