Roller Coaster: House GOP Officially Paralyzed

One minute it’s a new plan to avoid global calamity; the next minute, not so much.

House Speaker John Boehner, he of dubious power and copious tears, has updated a breathless press corps on the status of the debt/shutdown deathmatch.

Earlier this morning, the House appeared ready to formalize a preemptory strike against the Senate compromise, under the theory that the Senate plan was too bare on extortionate scalps. Now, a scant two hours later, it’s all moot anyway. Follow?

If not, you’re not alone. Just listen to the chastened Speaker, as he talks about, well, something:

“We’re trying to find a way forward in a bipartisan way that would continue to provide fairness to the American people under Obamacare,” Mr. Boehner said, but he also acknowledged that “there are a lot of opinions” among his fractious members.

So… the Congress that distinguished itself in past battles only by reinventing “Kick The Can” is now officially unable to find the can.

By: rhb

Rob is a NYC-based Internet entrepreneur. He's also a businessman and job creator (wait: doesn't demand create jobs?) who understands the sense, and the eventual predominance, of the progressive agenda.