Boehner and "The 5th Estate": Boehner has either willinly taken on the leadership of the teabaggers

[AlinPA]

along with Cruz or is being blackmailed by the "5th Estate". The book by Robin Moore in 1973 had politicians in the grasp of organized crime where they would set up politicians in illicit sex situations or financial deals ("insurance poilcies&quot that would destroy the politician if they became public knowledge. Nothing new in that approach, but they must have a hell of an "insurance policy" on Boehner.

[factsarenotfair]

1. His wife has always lived in Ohio, while he's in D.C.

Plus, he like to imbibe.

[Old and In the Way]

2. I think the entire Party makes compromised candidates abpriority.

Given what we've seen ofboddball, anti-socialist Teapublicans, I'm convinced that they want candidates that are compromised -but not publicly. They get to stay in office, as long as they vote the Party line, no matter how abhorent or awful it is for the population of this country.

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. Boehner's leadership philosophy is to find an angry mob and run in front of it.

He is not leading anything.

The Tea Party Caucus, pushed by a white aristocracy afraid of losing their power is running the show.