contributor as well. well, john, he was unloading on the influence of the tea party and other conservative groups. he s been chafing since 2011 when they sh he tried to do a grand bargain with obama and during the debt ceiling fight and the conservatives in the house wouldn t let boehner do it. he feels unshackled from them now. but the problem it is now a civil war in the republican party between the establishment and the tea party. well the conservatives, doug, forced the recent government shutdown but boehner seems to have more construction now. politics is about winning and losing and the republicans went from being in a commanding political position, greg, to being behind the democrats. now that is all turned around because of obamacare but politics have long enough mem