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blm

(114,760 posts) Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:00 PM Dec 2012

IMO, Cantor has been setting Boehner up to fail so he can become speaker. [View all]

Keeping that drunkard Boehner twisted into a knot and attacking him from all sides over this 'fiscal cliff' business is assuring that Boehner is seen as a poor leader from both sides.

And, he's right. Boehner is blowing it because he can't stick to his agreements or stay sober and coherent enough to be an honest broker.

I see this latest vote on Plan B as Boehner's Waterloo.... as manipulated by Eric Cantor.

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IMO, Cantor has been setting Boehner up to fail so he can become speaker. [View all] blm Dec 2012 OP

Been doing that for a long time, elleng Dec 2012 #1

Cantor and Iago are cut from the same cloth. atreides1 Dec 2012 #2

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #3

Agree. I think we are seeing a coup in the GOP House leadership. Skidmore Dec 2012 #4

No Cantor is just as inept as the rest of them underpants Dec 2012 #5

I agree... JasonGWB Dec 2012 #9

Yep, and hte knife went squarely into Boehner's back tonight. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #6

Pretty much the way I see it. blm Dec 2012 #12

In a Civil War scenario, mostly likely outcome is Speaker Paul Ryan RomneyLies Dec 2012 #16

yes, and i bet Boehner has cried to Obama in private many times JI7 Dec 2012 #7

I'd bet on that scenario, too. blm Dec 2012 #13

I couldn't agree with you more. no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #8

Ding ding we have a winner malaise Dec 2012 #10

One other point, Cantor is unlikely to win. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #11

and we KNOW how unlikable he is when people are exposed to him blm Dec 2012 #15

If he didn't dsc Dec 2012 #14