Do you think, maybe, this sort of thing is an intentional aspect of the GOP's negotiation strategy
Obama: Look. All I'm asking is for a clean vote to fund the government, with no conditions. If we don't have that, we risk a government default, which would have catastrophic consequences for everyone.
Griffith: Default the government? I don't give a [Inks], I'll do it. Hold me back bro! Hold me back!!!
Boehner: Obama you better agree to this deal here, my man Griffith here is uncontrollable, I can't tell you what he's gonna do if he don't get his way
Griffith is one of 435, and Boehner has more power than anyone else in the House of representatives.
You get control of the loose cannons, or you render them innocuous even if you must cast them overboard lest you allow your own ship to sink. "I can't control the extremists in my own Party" is no excuse for fail to cut a deal with the aid of the moderates.
If John Boehner can't cut a deal with President Obama, then there might be a female Speaker of the House in January 2015. Initials NP, that is.
Boehner is a coward who has no control over his backbenchers. That's the key problem here.
