Village hostesses rejoice (Digby)

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Amazing. Paul Ryan finally signed a budget, mostly because Democrats let their major demand off the deal. The liberal media crown him as the most amazing man in the world.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/village-hostesses-rejoice-grown-ups-are.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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So all day long the cable gasbags have been blabbering about John Boehner telling the wingnuts to pound sand with much "analysis" that says the stalwart Real Men of the GOP have just had enough of this childish behavior and are determined to be the grown-ups in the room the Villagers know them to be. Here's an example in print:
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Ryan’s been talked about as a potential presidential contender, or perhaps a future House speaker. And there’s no doubt that his stock among conservatives on both fronts will drop to some extent as a result of the deal he just made with Murray.

But he seems okay with that — much in the way New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has been okay this year doubling down on his own argument in favor of getting things done even if it means working with the opposing party. Neither Christie nor Ryan, to hear them tell it, have surrendered their core principles in the process.

It’s not clear what the future holds for Ryan. But what is clear is that he’s adopted an approach to governance rooted in results. And that places him closer to Christie on the spectrum of the potential 2016 GOP presidential sweepstakes than to Cruz or Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.).
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Seriously. All that because, after having tried to crash the economy a number of times and voted against raising the debt ceiling, he finally got a budget. Expectations are low for a presidential candidate these days.

Of course, the reality, seen by the rest of the world, is quite different

http://m.democracyjournal.org/689527/show/502a9206b3d4c0f7fb51261cd0371507?t=q50946ru82ia9jmeap7e0bj8b3


Why the Tea Party’s Hold Persists - Feature by Theda Skocpol

The demise of the Tea Party was loudly announced right after Congress voted on October 16 to lift the debt ceiling and reopen the federal government. “Finally! The Republican Fever Is Broken,” exulted Jamelle Bouie at The Daily Beast, while Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson proclaimed President Obama’s “victory” over the Tea Party just as “devastating as Sherman’s march through the South.” With most Americans telling pollsters they do not like the Tea Party and its tactics, the GOP will eventually have to pivot back to the median voter, explained Noah Feldman in his Bloomberg column, “How the Tea Party Will Die.”
Other optimists placed greater emphasis on the supposed new will of business interests and Republican Party elders to recapture party control. Offering reassurance, supporters of Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner told the pre-eminent inside-the-Beltway gossip site Politico that their guy was more effectively in charge of his raucous GOP caucus following the shutdown debacle. Karl Rove vowed to block far-right Tea Party challengers in GOP primaries, and the Chamber of Commerce started to make noises about supporting some supposed “moderates” against Tea Party candidates in 2014 GOP primaries.

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