Can Boehner Save Face?

USA Today: “As the
government shutdown enters its fourth day, Obama and White House
officials will have to weigh carefully just how hard they want to push
Boehner, who is under intense pressure from the most conservative
lawmakers in his party to not capitulate to a president who says he will
not negotiate over either a short-term continuing resolution to keep
the government open or the looming debt limit. In the end, political
analysts say, it is in the interest of the White House to find a way for
Boehner to emerge out of the crisis with some credibility with his
rank-and-file, as the alternative to the Ohio lawmaker that could emerge
from the Republican caucus may be far less tolerable.”