blogs.wsj.com - 2/25/2009
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Susan Davis reports on politics.
Democratic policies arent better, theyre just easier to market to the American people, House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio said today.
We have a tougher job than our friends across the aisle. Theyve been offering Americans a free lunch for the last 80 years, rather successfully, he told reporters at a lunch hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. Those of us that believe in a smaller, more accountable government, we have a ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/25/2009
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The Wall St. Journal reports that John Boehner
made an interesting observation about the Republican Party's problems:
It's simply harder to sell their own ideas to the public, compared to the easy answers offered by the Democrats. "We have a ...
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Boehner: GOP Policies Are Politically Harder, Dems Offer ...
humanevents.com - 2/23/2009
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humanevents.com —
Here we go again! House Republicans are bracing
for another onslaught of out-of-control Democrat-authored spending as the
omnibus bill is expected to hit the floor of the House as early as next week. And it ll be yet another spending bill House ...
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Another Huge Spending Bill Planned For Next Week
mediamatters.org - 2/21/2009
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mediamatters.org —
During the February 20 edition of CNBC's The
Call , while discussing the Obama administration's Homeowner Affordability
and Stability Plan , co-host Larry Kudlow -- echoing remarks by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) -- claimed that "the ...
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CNBC's Kudlow said housing plan "hurt[s]" Americans ...
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Boehner: GOP Policies Are Politically Harder, Dems Offer Free Lunch
TPMDC —
... The Wall St. Journal reports that John Boehner made an interesting observation about the Republican Party's problems: It's simply harder to sell their own ideas to the public, compared to the easy answers offered by the Democrats. ...
Boehner resents the Republicans' 'tough job'
Political Animal —
BOEHNER RESENTS THE REPUBLICANS' 'TOUGH JOB'.... House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) chatted with a group of reporters this week, at a lunch hosted by the Christian Science Monitor . We learned a bit more than usual about Boehner's perspective on the political landscape. The House Minority Leader, for example, feels a little left out of the legislative process, still believes it's a " center-right country ," and didn't think Bobby Jindal's speech was all that bad . But what was especially interesting was Boehner's complaint about the appeal -- ...
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Free Lunch With John Boehner —
Matthew Yglesias
John Boehner (R-OH) says it’s hard out there for a John Boehner :
We have a tougher job than our friends across the aisle. They’ve been offering Americans a free lunch for the last 80 years, rather successfully.
Of course as everyone knows, there’s no such thing as a ...
Boehner: But it’s so hard to explain conservatism —
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TalkingPointsMemo:
"We have a tougher job than our friends across the aisle. They've been offering Americans a free lunch for the last 80 years, rather successfully," Boehner said, at a lunch hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. "Those of us that believe in a smaller, more accountable ...
Woe Is Me —
Talking Points Memo
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), on how hard it is to be a Republican :
"We have a tougher job than our friends across the aisle. They've been offering Americans a free lunch for the last 80 years, rather successfully."
The GOP Free Lunch —
TPMCafe
Over at the TPM mothership, Eric Kleefeld has flagged a rather amazing quote from House Minority Leader John Boehner:
We have a tougher job than our friends across the aisle. They've been offering Americans a free lunch for the last 80 years, rather successfully . . .Those of us that believe ...