GOP Discontent That Helped Sink John Boehner Isn’t Easing Up

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The tug-of-war within the Republican Party that helped end Rep. John Boehner’s career is likely to intensify this year both on Capitol Hill and in the tumultuous GOP presidential race.

The House speaker’s announcement Friday that he would leave Congress on Oct. 30 isn’t expected to mollify either the House’s most conservative faction, which is determined to take an unyielding stance in the face of fiscal deadlines, or dissatisfied GOP primary voters rooting for outsiders who have pledged to uproot Washington politics. The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows political novices Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina leading the GOP race.

On Capitol Hill, tension is mounting between Republicans hoping to notch incremental progress in dealing with a Democratic president and hard-liners who say they would be willing to shutter the government. That struggle will play out both in House GOP leadership elections over the next few weeks and as lawmakers tackle several deadline-driven issues this winter, including a longer-term budget deal and the need to raise the federal borrowing limit, known as the debt ceiling.

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[daleanime]

1. The last year+ of Obama's administration.....

will be the toughest.

[pampango]

2. "He could ... raising the debt ceiling or reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank ... unpopular with"

conservatives.

The Export-Import Bank, closed to new business since its charter expired at the end of June, may not be revived if Mr. Boehner doesn’t bring legislation opening the agency to the House floor before he leaves.

A bipartisan coalition of House lawmakers backs reauthorizing the bank, which helps support U.S. exporters, but many conservatives oppose it, saying the agency interferes with the free market. Notably, Mr. McCarthy had supported reauthorizing the bank in 2012 but came out against the bank last year after being elected leader.

“This is a party whose ideology is way out of touch with the American people,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. “Without Boehner, it may get even worse.”

[Zorro]

3. The only thing Republicans understand

is a punch in the nose.

Diplomacy doesn't work with Republicans, which is why reasoned arguments and appeals by Republican leadership to their recalcitrant caucus members is an approach that is doomed to fail.

[Hortensis]

5. Agree THIS GOP, purged of moderates by hardliners, is dysfunctional.

I've decided after decades of watching conservatives in congress that strong cons are fundamentally incompetent to handle national issues, intellect hamstrung by personality. Hard cons, of course, are rabid nuts.

I just want to put in a word for moderate conservatives, the ones who are closest to liberals. Whenever some run to replace these destructive fools, and we can't pick up the seat ourselves, we should be helping them get elected -- because those guys are capable of working across the aisle and of making sensible, and progressive when needed, decisions.

[ibegurpard]

7. agreed

[Hortensis]

4. Up side is the GOP believes this is hurting their reelection chances.

[City Lights]

6. I hope the GOPee discontent ends up sinking the entire party. nt

[CTyankee]

8. It sure looked like that was sinking in when I watched several of them on Morning Joe today.

they dredged up Eric Cantor. Michael Steele was glum. The other repukes on the show looked downright depressed. Boner's resignation and the Pope's visit have gotten them in a state of panic.