in fact, today s developments were less calming and more chaotic. today, the top republican in the house, speaker john boehner, engaged in a pitch battle with his own caucus to get them on board with his debt ceiling plan. mr. boehnor was forced to delay a vote on that plan that was supposed to be held today, not only so he could rework it, also it was not clear he had enough votes on his own side to pass it. the speaker reportedly told members of the caucus today get your blank in line. i can t do this job unless you re behind me. at this stage in the game, that s the plan the republicans are going with? fall in line behind john boehner s plan to raise the debt ceiling for all of six months and then we can all have this fight all over again? now, the house is planning to vote on that bill tomorrow, but even if they pass it, it s not really expected to go anywhere.
be, that we re going to need republicans to have confidence that boehnor is their leader. right now, how would you judge whether or not he has that confidence in support of his caucus? i think it s he has the confidence of his conference for now. there is a much larger question about whether or not he can maintain that after maybe monday or tuesdayç of next week, depending on what happens with this debt limit vote. if jim jordan and conservatives are successful in beating back his bill tomorrow and it falls on the house floor, i think you re going to see a lot more willingness amongst republicans to stand up to him and say no, he s going to have a lot more difficult time coraling them and, you know, this is really the moment that is going to define the rest of his speakership, and, you know, right now most rank and file
be, that we re going to need republicans to have confidence that boehnor is their leader. right now, how would you judge whether or not he has that confidence in support of his caucus? i think it s he has the confidence of his conference for now. there is a much larger question about whether or not he can maintain that after maybe monday or tuesdayç of next week, depending on what happens with this debt limit vote. if jim jordan and conservatives are successful in beating back his bill tomorrow and it falls on the house floor, i think you re going to see a lot more willingness amongst republicans to stand up to him and say no, he s going to have a lot more difficult time coraling them and, you know, this is really the moment that is going to define the rest of his speakership, and, you know, right now most rank and file
a typo, i did not misspeak. you heard me, 12. the boehnor is on track for 30 bills. a third measure is not whether or not you get promoted or how much you get done or against what odds, but whether or not everybody on your team stays on your team, the cohesiveness of your party. now, using this measure, speaker john boehner s actually been quite successful. they voted unanimously on some legislation, and he s kept internal decent to a whisper, until now. the number of republicans in the house are publicly defying speaker boehnor and his proposal for raising the debt ceiling, including the congressman who heads up a group of conservatives in the house who doesn t think speaker boehnor s plans has the votes. i am confident, as of this morning, that there were not 218 republicans in support of the
a typo, i did not misspeak. you heard me, 12. the boehnor is on track for 30 bills. a third measure is not whether or not you get promoted or how much you get done or against what odds, but whether or not everybody on your team stays on your team, the cohesiveness of your party. now, using this measure, speaker john boehner s actually been quite successful. they voted unanimously on some legislation, and he s kept internal decent to a whisper, until now. the number of republicans in the house are publicly defying speaker boehnor and his proposal for raising the debt ceiling, including the congressman who heads up a group of conservatives in the house who doesn t think speaker boehnor s plans has the votes. i am confident, as of this morning, that there were not 218 republicans in support of the