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**OpVJokl8** · 02-18-2011, 06:56 AM

Whether or not Boehner is an inept leader is neither here nor there since he's not being asked to lead. He's a non-threatening face for the party. I realize that Democrats would love to have a strong, abrasive leader to make it easier to demonize the face of the party. But having Boehner kills two birds with one stone: it gives them that unthreatening face they want, while preserving an open process which benefits Democrats as well as Republicans.

Now the oil and gas subsidies, that would actually win a vote, but the problem is, they aren't spending. They are part of tax policy. They will be addressed as part of tax reform. Now farm subsidies, those are spending, and they are going to go away with any luck, if not in FY2011 then in the next.

02-18-2011, 06:56 AM	#28
OpVJokl8 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 391 Senior Member	Whether or not Boehner is an inept leader is neither here nor there since he's not being asked to lead. He's a non-threatening face for the party. I realize that Democrats would love to have a strong, abrasive leader to make it easier to demonize the face of the party. But having Boehner kills two birds with one stone: it gives them that unthreatening face they want, while preserving an open process which benefits Democrats as well as Republicans. Now the oil and gas subsidies, that would actually win a vote, but the problem is, they aren't spending. They are part of tax policy. They will be addressed as part of tax reform. Now farm subsidies, those are spending, and they are going to go away with any luck, if not in FY2011 then in the next.
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