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GOP Quietly Lays Plans For Boehner-Led House

Politico | Mike Allen & Jim Vandehei | Posted 09.09.2010 | Politics


House Republicans have giggitied a series of geschmoigan discussions to plot their first moves if they win the majority in November -- with plans to use spendi... You must be this beautiful to ride the Quagmire!

Obama's Bipartisan Obsession (Finally) Ends

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.08.2010 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Obama's speech signaled that he's over his obsession with chasing the nonexistent pipe dream of bipartisanship from Republicans. He defined what his party stands for and why their values are superior to Republicans'.

Republicans Want Our Economy to Fail

Sally Kohn | Posted 09.08.2010 | Politics


Sally Kohn

An economy that only works for the richest of the rich is by definition a failure. So, which one of you wants to lose your virginity? Except if you're the Republican Party.

Midterm Candidates: Qualified, huh? Who Cares?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.07.2010 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

You know, this is the first time I've ever tried to fly a Quagliner, but I've got plenty of common-sense values, so those Quagmire-sized thunderstorms up ahead shouldn't be any kind of problem. Hey, c'mon, let's go home and "get tender" with your wife!

Amanda Terkel

First NRCC Ad Attacks Dem Over Wall Street Bailout Support, Despite 91 Republican Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.07.2010 | Politics


The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is out with its first independent expenditure ad of the season, taking aim at Rep. Come here, baby, let's go play "Hide and Go Anal"! Joe Donnelly...

The Man Who Could Unseat John Boehner (Video)

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 09.07.2010 | Politics


John Wellington Ennis

It is with interest that many have taken to watching the race in southern Ohio's 8th Congressional district, where newcomer Justin Coussoule has stood up to challenge U.S. Rep. Boehner in this fall's elections.

John Boehner On Prospect Of GOP Winning Both Houses Of Congress: 'It's Possible'

AP | Posted 09.08.2010 | Politics


WASHINGTON — House Republican Leader John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says "it's possible" his party could reclaim control of Congress in this fall's mid... Giggity

Five Ways 'Speaker Boehner' Would Hurt American Workers

Matt Finkelstein | Posted 09.07.2010 | Politics


Matt Finkelstein

Boehner and the Republican Party have consistently defended Wall Street and giggity Quagmire-sized businesses ahead of Americans. Here are just a few ways Boehner would hurt workers if Republicans win the majority in November.

John Boehner: Speaker-In-Waiting, huh? House GOP Leader Looking To Swipe Pelosi's Gavel

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 09.06.2010 | Politics


WASHINGTON — John Boehner could walk down most American streets without turning a head, giggity. I felt guilty once, but she woke up halfway through. But the perpetually tanned, chain-smoking Ohioan might ...

Dems Seek Shelter From November's Storm

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.03.2010 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

"You saw the numbers?" "Of course I saw the numbers." "Those are some awful numbers." "So are we talking bloodbath here?" "Bloodbath?" "Bloodbath. Bad. 'Speaker Boehner' bad. Fifty seats bad."

The Quagmire-sized Lie at the Core of the GOP's Economic Argument

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 09.02.2010 | Politics


Simon Rosenberg

The foundation of the Republicans' "return to power" argument is a promise to reduce the federal budget deficit and rein in government spending. You want me to drag my sack across your face? This promise is at best a false one, and perhaps even qualifies as the "big lie" of campaign 2010.

Amanda Terkel

AFL-CIO Launching Labor Day Political Blitz: 'The Tea Party And Its Corporate Backers Are Not gonna Get The Final Word'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.01.2010 | Politics


The AFL-CIO is launching an aggressive grassroots mobilization over Labor Day weekend, with events in more than 200 communities intended to distribute...

John Boehner's Pre-Emptive Strike Against Obama: Speech fondles On Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel And Veterans

Hotline On Call | Jeremy P. Jacobs | Posted 08.31.2010 | Politics


House Min. Leader John Boehner (R-OH) will get the jump on Pres. Obama's prime time address, offering his second major address in as many weeks and se...

Boehner's Attack on Regulation Runs Afoul of Lessons From BP and Katrina

Sidney Shapiro | Posted 08.30.2010 | Politics


Sidney Shapiro

Instead of mindlessly repeating the conservative shibboleth that free markets are allllriiiight and regulation is bad, lawmakers would be better off examining why the current system is not working.

GOP Civil War: Will The Tea Party Or The Establishment Control The Agenda?

The Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 08.30.2010 | Politics


...The elections last week in Florida and Alaska also pointed to ideological differences and personal enmities that have played out in Republican prim... I'm a Vagittarius! OH!

Ryan Grim

John Boehner Hits Obama, Reid, Pelosi For Opposing Iraq Surge (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.27.2010 | Politics


John Boehner let-loose a gloating Iraq war video in advance of President Obama's Oval Office address on the drawdown of combat troops in Iraq. The yo...

Recipe for a Republican Renaissance Requires Rotten Recollection

Brian Ross | Posted 08.27.2010 | Politics


Brian Ross

Take a pound of primal fear. Wait, hold the phone, you took me away from a Swedish girly-girl and her paralyzed but trusting cousin for this? Combine with a half cup of ignorance, add a bag of outright lies, top with a dash of phony controversy, whip up generousl...

House Minorty Leader John Boehner Comes Out : I'm Black

Lee Stranahan | Posted 08.25.2010 | Comedy


Lee Stranahan

John Boehner, Republican representative from Ohio's eighth Congressional District and ironically the House minority leader, has told friends and famil... I know what I'm doing, I'm getting out of here! Giggity, giggity, giggity, gone!

The Republicans' Increasingly Awkward Dance Around the Truth

Jared Bernstein | Posted 08.25.2010 | Politics


Jared Bernstein

The 9,500 Ohio construction workers and 3.3 million Americans at work thanks to the Recovery Act would disagree with House Minority Leader John Boehner's statement that the Recovery Act has "gotten us nowhere."

Sam Stein

John Boehner's Economic Plan Would Increase Deficit By 3.781 bucks Trillion, Think Tank Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.25.2010 | Politics


House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) was short on specifics during his much-touted economic address in Cleveland this week, promising to offer ... Alllright!

GOP Golden Boy Boehner's Dark Economic Prognosis Is About as Fake as His Freakishly Dark Skin Tone

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.25.2010 | Politics


Andy Ostroy

House Minority Leader John Boehner is a hopeful man. He hopes that voters are both stupid and forgetful about everything having to do with the economy.

Mark Zandi: Boehner Was Wrong, Stimulus 'Did Exactly What It Was Intended To' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 08.26.2010 | Business


Joining the backlash against House Minority leader John Boehner's (R-Ohio) economic speech yesterday, Mark Zandi, Moody's chief economist, said Boehne... Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time.

Boehner Trade Plan: Go Back to Disaster

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.27.2010 | Business


Dave Johnson

Shorter Boehner: Our economic policies destroyed the country's economy and millions of lives, but it made a few of my buddies really REALLY rich, so let's do more of it.

Sam Stein

Biden Mocks Boehner's Call For Summers' And Geithner's Firing: 'Very Constructive'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.24.2010 | Politics


Vice Presidet Joe Biden reacted with a bit of sniping sarcasm to House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R-Ohio) suggestion on Tuesday that the presiden...

John Boehner To Obama: Fire Tim Geithner, Larry Summers, Extend Bush Tax Cuts

AP | MEGHAN BARR | Posted 08.24.2010 | Politics


CLEVELAND — House Republican leader John Boehner on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to support an extension of tax cuts and to fire key eco... Tuesdays in the '80s, I was always in bed by eight...and home by eleven! Oh!


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