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The fight between the GOoPers in Congress has claimed another victim.

John Boehner, House Speaker, Will Resign From Congress

“The fundamental dynamics don’t change,” Mr. Dent said. “The dynamics are this: There are anywhere from two to four dozen members who don’t have an affirmative sense of governance. They can’t get to yes. They just can’t get to yes, and so they undermine the ability of the speaker to lead. And not only do they undermine the ability of the speaker to lead, but they undermine the entire Republican conference and also help to weaken the institution of Congress itself. That’s the reality.

This from an article in the NYTimes.

I have never much liked Boehner. He has been quite difficult to deal with at all times. But when he gives up on the even harder hard-asses and malcontents in his own Party, we come to see the suicidal spiral that the Republican Party has been in for some time.

It is too bad.

We all would like to see a "loyal opposition" in our country. But these marginal guys are malcontents. Bomb throwers. Government haters.

We have to admit that the people who elected them had to be either fooled into doing it or, worse, really believe that gridlock of government is a good thing. For them? For who.

This time it is Boehner. Another time it will be another leader who seeks to govern.

The Republican Party is in a shambles. They have no bench for the Presidential election. The standouts are outsiders. Fiorina, even Trump is not this bad.

Time has not been kind to Boehner's face. He was a handsome bloke. I will do him the service of showing the fresh face that wanted to succeed and now will not be allowed to accomplish his job.

A sad story, perhaps even tragic. What do you need for tragedy? The fatal flaw that stands in the hero's way? No that it is going to far. I will not grant him heroic stature. Just another good soldier shot down by his own side.

They are bastards for sure.

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