HUFFINGTON POST: “We got some of the smartest people in the country who serve here, and some of the dumbest. We got some of the best people you’d ever meet, and some of the raunchiest. We’ve got ’em all,” he said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal...
“There’s nobody who tried harder last year with the president to do the right thing,” he said. “There’s nobody who walked further out on a limb than I did to try to get him to do the right thing.”…
As Politico reports, Boehner has been facing serious backlash from fellow Republicans who have recently vowed to veto his massive highway bill… (more)
EDITOR: Boehner has suffered the misfortune of having to deal with intransigent and often ignorant members of the extreme right who were elected during the 2010 Republic landslide. Hopefully 2012 will rectify the situation, although Boehner may no longer be Speaker.
