Speaker In Name Only

Ron Brownstein:
“Embattled throughout his nearly three-year tenure, Boehner has never
seemed more a SINO–that’s Speaker In Name Only–than during this crisis.
He’s allowed the House Republicans’ most conservative members to
repeatedly escalate the confrontation despite his doubts about their
strategy, if that word applies. At times lately, Boehner has hinted he
might isolate the Right by building a coalition of Democrats and more
pragmatic Republicans before allowing the federal government to default
on its debts. But, so far, he’s effectively thrown up his hands and
surrendered the wheel to the Right’s insatiable demand for collision.”