Is Boehner a failure?

[Mott the Hoople]

Slashing defense spending is a necessity. Are there other areas that should be trimmed? Of course. Should austerity be the direction we take right now? History, as well as the current situation in Europe, proves otherwise.

Praytell, why the refusal to cut military spending? Why does Boehner insist on forcing the military to take obsolete aircraft/engines that are produced by his constituents, while simultaneously calling for spending cuts?
Cutting taxes has proved to be a losing venture, especially while there are two unfunded wars raging.

Likewise, the staunch refusal to compromise on the debt ceiling caused our credit rating to be lowered. I find it questionable that we never once heard a peep from conservatives when the debt ceiling issue was voted on in the past.

That's true.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

That's basically true. Boehner has the makings of a competent leader and seems naturally inclined to compromise, but he also has to suck up to the Tea Party caucus in order to remain in his position. Kind of like how Obama changed his position on gay marriage before he ran for President in order to pander to religious nuts.

Do you seriously think a strong Speaker like Tip O'Neal would have permitted say a Blue Dog group of Democrats to undermine his authority as Speaker of the house? Not in ten life times would that have happened. Yes, The Tea Baggers did pull the rug from out from under his feet but a stronger Speaker would never have allowed that to happen.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Bohner was given the impossable task of bringing the Tea Party group into the fold of the establishment Party. He has done the best he could but failed at an impossable task.

I don't agree with that at all. I think his inability to tame the Tea Party are a negative reflection on his leadership skills.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

bohner made a cogent comment, he said that 'his job is like trying to move a wheelbarrow full of frogs somewhere' - lol

That's true but all Speakers of the House have had that problem.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

allowing the military to perform the functions that the 'private' military now does, will save billions.

we already have $500billion in cuts to the military....we need cuts to domestic spending....

 

[PostmodernProphet]

The Tea Baggers affectively undermined Boehners authority as Speaker and he will be probably considered one of the weaker Spearkes in the history of congress. In his two years as Speaker he has accomplished virtually nothing. His weakness as a Speaker is also, in part, responsible for Congress historically low approval ratings. Those ratins are certainly a reflection on the nations confidence in Speaker Boehner.

odd then that it isn't much lower than the confidence they had in Speaker Pelosi.......

 

[signalmankenneth]

 

[Don Quixote]

i wonder how many congress critters will fail to be reelected considering the abject failure or congress to much of anything done