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This may be a bit premature but I don't think so. And I predicted it.

The weak speaker: How a failed debt vote disarmed the nation's top Republican

I remember when he came into office and changed the Congressional power game. He wanted to power share, to give more power to the rank and file.

And he did.

I knew he was in trouble. Nearly a hundred freshman, given power, which some of them were in fact given in assignments, are bound to use it unwisely. They are dogmatic. They do not want dialogue. They are single minded.

Yesterday was a fiasco for Boehner.

I actually take little satisfaction in seeing this evolve. It means that the House Of Representatives is out of whack and in the control of the newest, least experienced, most dogmatic members. If we were not in trouble before, we are in trouble now.

I admire John Boehner. He is a guy who came up through hard times. He has a lot in common with Joe Biden. Working class. Night school.

He has tried to be a good diplomat with Obama. I think that he went too far for his troops and they threatened to cut his dick off. They are a hard lot.

That is why he left negotiations for the grand bargain. I don't think he is a weasel. At least I hope he is not. He is just in an unmanageable situation.

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