The headline on this story is "Vote shows Boehner's lack of control," which is kind of an old-fasioned, horse-race way of reporting Washington politics. There is a new group dynamic now that people who should know better continue to ignore:
House Republicans tried a fresh strategy Wednesday night: Go it alone on a spending bill.
The result was an embarrassing setback.
Wednesday night's rank-and-file rebuke of GOP leadership — with 48 Republicans bolting on a temporary spending bill — underscored the fact that the House Republican majority is still struggling to find unity on major spending bills. It also showed they still need Democratic votes to help them govern.
"Democratic votes to help them govern"? Democratic votes to help keep spending more, for sure. Democrati votes to help keep government growing. "Democratic votes to help" is the problem; it shouldn't be the goal not the goal. Damn right he lacks control.
