Job hypothesis is by now a pretty well-founded hypothesis. that was the case even before mr. boehner s republican caucus just imploded last night and gave up and went home and asked the democrats to instead see if there is something maybe they instead can do at the end of year negotiations that the cbo says will put the country back in recession if they are not successful. john boehner is in fact bad at his job. i think the hypothesis has been proven. but now the most important question is why. why is he so bad at his job? is it just a matter of him not being up to the job as a person, as a individual? does he not have the capacity and somebody else could do it? or is his job in fact impossible? what if the fractious ideological argument commitments of congress are incompatible with governing. if you need to, say, compromise in order to govern, and one side for political reasons cannot compromise, then they cannot govern. it s like if you have a peanut allergy, okay. you can t get a job making
Then something they end up cooking up, it might work out. it might end up saving the country s bacon. if it does not happen, we are still counting on john boehner s leadership to find a way out of this. and if john boehner s leadership is your national economy s parachute, how do you feel about taking this leap? joining us now is chris hayes. he is author of twilight of the elites and host of up with chris hayes weekends here on msnbc. how are you? i m weirded out by the uncertainty of the future over a very short time period in washington. uncertainty of the future over a long period, i m wired for that. uncertainty about what is going to happen for the next 12 days for something this big of a deal, i feel rattled. votes like last night, that is very rare. and it s funny. i came in here thinking i was going to disagree with you, and i ve been tracking the john boehner bad at his job hypothesis which i think is
Cooking up, it might work out. it might end up saving the country s bacon. if it does not happen, we are still counting on john boehner s leadership to find a way out of this. and if john boehner s leadership is your national economy s parachute, how do you feel about taking this leap? joining us now is chris hayes. he is author of twilight of the elites and host of up with chris hayes weekends here on msnbc. how are you? i m weirded out by the uncertainty of the future over a very short time period in washington. uncertainty of the future over a long period, i m wired for that. uncertainty about what is going to happen for the next 12 days for something this big of a deal, i feel rattled. votes like last night, that is very rare. and it s funny. i came in here thinking i was going to disagree with you, and i ve been tracking the john boehner bad at his job hypothesis which i think is right in some ways. but is it structural or some
It might end up saving the country s bacon. if it does not happen, we are still counting on john boehner s leadership to find a way out of this. and if john boehner s leadership is your national economy s parachute, how do you feel about taking this leap? joining us now is chris hayes. he is author of twilight of the elites and host of up with chris hayes weekends here on msnbc. how are you? i m weirded out by the uncertainty of the future over a very short time period in washington. uncertainty of the future over a long period, i m wired for that. uncertainty about what is going to happen for the next 12 days for something this big of a deal, i feel rattled. votes like last night, that is very rare. and it s funny. i came in here thinking i was going to disagree with you, and i ve been tracking the john boehner bad at his job hypothesis which i think is right in some ways. but is it structural or some
Well, as speaker john boehner has had some trouble, everything from forgetting to swear some of his people in on day one to not achieving any of the republicans stated legislative goals. on this show these troubles have been cataloged as the john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis. there s something new. apparently it s not just boehner being bad at his job in this hypothesis. politico.com reporting that the longtime spokesman for number two house republican, eric cantor, not only quit on friday but he quit after almost getting into a fistfight with another cantor staffer. it was apparently about a piece of legislation cantor s office was due to roll out last week. they thought they had a bunch of supporters lined up to say nice things about it, but that fell through. and then the two staffers had what politico described as an aggressive confrontation that, quote, almost turned into a physical altercation. cantor s high-profile spokesman then quit and now it s all over politico. so this week on capitol hill we ll get that bill from the republicans that caused the near
Started very soon after he took office. it is now a year later. and frankly the hypothesis is still being borne out. he s not become any better at his job. i don t mean this as a slight against mr. boehner. i have never met him. people say he s a nice guy. well respected by his colleagues, he s just not good at the job of being speaker of the house. the newest data for the john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis came today with the collapse of what was supposed to be the john boehner signature legislative accomplishment of the year. it was a big bill on transportation that is now falling apart. mr. boehner now reportedly contemplating breaking it up in pieces after it has been repeatedly delayed. from the hill the move would be seen as a dramatic retreat for the speaker from roll call republican privately acknowledged the problems with the bill lie within mr. boehner s own conference. the turmoil is the latest in a series of embarrassing errors
Asked about the full inventory of the romney s vehicles is because mitt romney keeps talking about their full inventory of vehicles. he was at a ford dealer in tucson on wednesday before the debate and he told the ford dealer, quote, i m a detroit guy. you know i only have domestics. i have a couple of cadillacs at two different houses. remember he s at a ford dealer. talking about his cadillacs. cadillac. the mitt romney is bad at his job hypothesis is about the campaign. but it is also about the candidate himself, too. i kept on looking at ebay at the 64, 65 mustangs, kept on looking at them, thinking about bidding and the next thing i know my wife got me the 95 mustang as a birthday gift. this was a christmas present. was it birthday or christmas? it was a gift from ann. it was a great gift.
Srx s one at romney s home extra kra a in california and massachusetts. they have not released a full inventory of the romney s vehicles. the only reason they are being asked about the full inventory is because mitt romney keeps talking about their full inventory of vehicles. weighs in a ford dealer in tucson wednesday before the debate and told the ford dealer see, i m a detroit guy, so you know, i only have domestics. i have a couple of cadillacs at two different houses. he s at a ford dealer. talking about his cadillacs. the mitt romney is bad as his job hypothesis is about the campaign but also about the candidate himself, too. i kept on looking at ebay, 64 65 mustang, my wife got me
What is a rule, did we announce it? never mind. this is how john boehner s tenure in congress started the how his tenure as speaker started. john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis was born. started soofr after he took office a. year later and frankly it s still being borne out. he has not become better at his job. i don t mean this as a slight. i have never met him. people say he s a nice guy. well respected by his colleagues, he s just not good at the job of being speaker of the house. the newest data for the john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis was the john boehner signature accomplishment of the year, was a big bill on transportation, that is now falling apart. mr. boehner now reportedly contemplating breaking it up in pieces after it has been repeatedly delayed. from the hill the move would be seen as a dramatic retreat for
He just shuffled off the house floor and walked away. while steny hoyer, number two house democrat, thoroughly embarrassed the house republicans even further. pursuant to section 3b of house resolution 493, the house stands mr. speaker, mr. speaker, mr. speaker. we d like to ask for unanimous consent that we bring up the bill to extend the tax cut for 160 million americans. as you walk off the floor, mr. speaker. you re walking out. you re walking away. just as so many republicans have walked away from middle class taxpayers. the unemployed. and very, frankly, as well, from those who will be seeking medical assistance from their doctors. 48 million senior citizens. we regret, mr. speaker, that you ve walked off the platform without addressing the issue of critical importance to this country. john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis is getting close