Compared to the Boehner who talked tough on spending ahead of last November's elections, the one who showed up at Club 55, just off Interstate 75 in Troy in southwestern Ohio, struck them as timid.
The private April 25 meeting was convened by the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the request of Tea Party leaders, who were seething over recent Republican compromises, most notably on the 2011 budget.
One of the 25 or so leaders, all from Boehner's district, asked him if Republicans would raise America's $14.3 trillion debt limit.
According to half a dozen attendees interviewed by Reuters, the most powerful Republican in Washington said "yes."
"And we're going to have to raise it again in the future," he added. With the mass retirement of America's Baby Boomers, he explained, it would take 20 years to balance the U.S. budget and 30 years after that to erase the nation's huge fiscal deficit.
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Based on my calculations the Tea Party should bring the Republican Party to complete destruction by the 2012 elections. For a party that has always out-focused, out-planned and out-anticipated the Democratic Party, at almost every turn; it is clear the Tea Party element may just destroy any shot the Republicans have. The Tea Party’s extreme right wing agenda is drawing focus and I believe the base will become disorientated and distracted. To add to the confusion; should Sarah Palin start her relentless yapping then it is my belief that the Republicans will surely lose their seats and Obama will remain in the White House.
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