WSJ Editorial Excoriates House GOPers On Handling DHS Funding Bill

[DonViejo]

The Wall Street Journal editorial page published a scorching editorial Sunday evening excoriating House Republicans over their handling of Department of Homeland Security funding legislation.

The editorial follows House Democrats effectively bailing out House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) by helping him to pass a short-term DHS funding bill that averted a shutdown. The bill only lasts for one week though. Boehner needed House Democrats to come to the rescue after a number of House Republicans revolted against the speaker's plan to fund DHS for three weeks. That, according to the Journal editorial page, "effectively put Nancy Pelosi in charge of the House."

In the end though, the advantage is with President Barack Obama, the editorial said. "The sad if predictable irony is that this is exactly what Mr. Obama hoped to incite with his November immigration order," the editorial said. "He wanted to goad an overreaction that made the GOP look both anti-immigrant and intemperate enough to shut down the government."

In the event of a DHS shutdown, the editorial also warned, Obama would get an opportunity "to gain the political high ground on national security."

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[Gothmog]

1. When the GOP loses support of Murdoch and the WSJ

This will be fun to watch

[Romeo.lima333]

2. " House Democrats effectively bailing out House Speaker John Boehner " why? after everything

boner has done why help him at ALL

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. I don't think the extreme racist right in the House care what the WSJ says.

And Boehner doesn't have the balls to control his own caucus, and is too frightened they oust him and replace him with an orange clone to try to do his job.