2016 Postmortem
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Boehner: Election a 'mandate to work together' with DemsBy Daniel Strauss at the Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/267193-boehner-says-its-critical-to-avoid-fiscal-cliff
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Because if there was a mandate in this election, it was a mandate to work together to do whats in the best interest of our country. And right now whats best is getting our economy moving again and keeping it moving, so we can begin to restore our childrens future."
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applegrove
(118,841 posts)the public's brain with his awesome winingness by doing so.
Webster Green
(13,905 posts)So, at long last, it's about time for him to get with the program.
Fridays Child
(23,998 posts)...hard 'pukes try to work with our side, we remain intransigent.
applegrove
(118,841 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)msongs
(67,462 posts)ffr
(22,674 posts)Sit down and shut the phuck up!
DCKit
(18,541 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)and they know it!!
Mr.Turnip
(645 posts)However Boehner over the last two years has shown no ability to keep his caucus in line, has allowed Cantor to gain too much power and generally has just sucked at his job of running the house republican caucus, if he could I have little doubt that Immigration reform at least would get done because he'd force those bastards to vote for it or suffer the consequences.
BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)...from the Speaker's chair.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)Because we know you guys aren't going to wait until the evening of Inauguration Day this year to start scheming; too much to plan, so little time.
bamacrat
(3,867 posts)The mandate being that if they continue to block and refuse to work with O then there will be huge insurmountable gains by Dems in the mid-terms and his ass may be out of a job.