How is it the a large segment of the public still falls for the GOP’s shtick after they’ve already proven that they’ll do the exact opposite of what they say? Like they say below, points for shear chutzpah.
In any case, to summarize, Boehner wants to restore fiscal discipline — even though he’s never done it before and has no idea how to do it this time around. He wants to have an “adult” conversation with the American people about entitlements — even though the GOP has never done this before and he refuses to give even a hint about what this difficult conversation might entail. And most hilariously, Boehner insists that what he really wants to do if he becomes Speaker is restore a sense of civility and bipartisanship on Capitol Hill — even though he’s been the GOP’s point man for crude obstructionism from the day Barack Obama was sworn in. “Skeptics will doubt Boehner’s sincerity or capability,” Balz said dryly, and indeed they might. But points for chutzpah.
