“John Boehner and the Republican leadership wouldn't know a new idea if they tripped on it,”

[cal04]

Democrats strike GOP leader John Boehner on two fronts
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/115497-dems-try-to-put-boehner-on-the-spot


Democrats struck Republican leader John Boehner on two fronts Monday, sending out a fundraising appeal centered on a “Speaker Boehner” and criticizing an economic speech he plans for Tuesday.

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Boehner is scheduled to address The City Club of Cleveland Tuesday morning. Democrats tried to raise expectations for the speech, arguing the GOP has no new ideas for fixing the nation's economy.

“John Boehner and the Republican leadership wouldn't know a new idea if they tripped on it,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) told reporters on a Monday conference call organized by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

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"Protecting the House and keeping John Boehner's hand off the speaker's gavel is a top priority for this election," DNC Executive Director Jen O'Malley Dillon said in an e-mail to supporters. "To become the next speaker, Boehner has to help the Republicans win 39 seats they don't currently hold. To ensure that doesn't happen, we're planning the largest voter turnout operation for a midterm election in history. We will knock on more doors, make more calls, and outwork the GOP in every district with a competitive race."






Democrats say Boehner speech will offer nothing new
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/23/4956245-democrats-say-boehner-speech-will-offer-nothing-new-

[babylonsister]

1. Ain't that the truth, and if it's not, they need to prove it. "CRICKETS". nt

[Ozymanithrax]

2. If the polls are accurate their old ideas are doing pretty well...

and that is a pity.

One little Jingle I heard in 1972 went...Don't change Dicks in the middle of the screw, Vote for Nixon in '72.

The names may have changed, but it is the same damned screw.

[gratuitous]

3. Oh, that's just dirty pool

So, so, so un-bipartisan, and very un-sensible! Don't these libruls know how this campaign is supposed to go? The Republicans bash the Democrats, the Democrats establish their conservative bona fides by punching a bunch of hippies, and everyone gets to choose between Republicans and Republican Lite. Fighting back on issues and principles is just going to muck* up the whole media narrative that's been so carefully constructed over the last several months.

*Only I don't really mean "muck."