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KharmaTrain

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5. He's Trying To Bluff...
Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:18 PM
Nov 2012

...and doing a poor job of it. He'll have a smaller caucus next year which means less leverage. Even more important, the more Progressive Senate will make it harder for turtleman to obstruct in the Senate and make it easier for legislation to pass. Boner will have to wheel and deal or be seen as the one holding things up. So he thinks he's in stronger position now to get a deal done to his liking than he will after January 1st. Surely the President and Democratic leaders know the numbers and can see this bullshit for what it is.

What'll be interesting is to see if Boner can reign in the teabaggers or if he'll have to patch together coalitions with Democrats to get things moved. The pressure will be on him to keep the ball rolling...especially when it's his big money benefactors who lose more and more leverage each day a deal isn't done. Those Country clubbers are anxious to get a deal that will protect as much of their tax shelters as possible...while the teabaggers won't budge on raising taxes or any types of revenues. Game on...and Boner is stuck in the middle...

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