Any discussion of the Hastert Rule must include the dance between Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich. During the Clinton presidency, after he lost the House over increased taxes and health care (frankly, after the Clinton fans stayed home at mid-terms thinking they had won the day), a coalition of centrist Republicans would vote with Clinton and not Newt on financial issues – essentially voting for sanity on taxes and spending. It’s what kept us on track to a balanced budget. Newt’s side was against sanity, but he did let the votes that he knew he would lose happen anyway – which is why he is not entirely lying when he says he helped balance the budget – he did by taking a dive in the first round. That type of finesse was impossible for Hastert (who allowed a bit of corruption back into the House) and is rare in Boehner, who at least supported the ATRA – which raised taxes on the rich and led to a more robust economy. Create two parties, one pro-ATRA and one anti and governance is possible.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Boehner's Conundrum | National Catholic Reporter
Boehner's Conundrum | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Boehner should keep his seat, even to the extent of blowing up the GOP and forming a coalition with Leader Pelosi and those members of the Democratic Caucus that can be labeled “Centrist.” That would throw a rock at the glass house that is the Republican Party and lead to a moderate party and a left wing party – and no right wing party except for a few fools in the Tea Party caucus who likely would not survive independently as a party.
Any discussion of the Hastert Rule must include the dance between Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich. During the Clinton presidency, after he lost the House over increased taxes and health care (frankly, after the Clinton fans stayed home at mid-terms thinking they had won the day), a coalition of centrist Republicans would vote with Clinton and not Newt on financial issues – essentially voting for sanity on taxes and spending. It’s what kept us on track to a balanced budget. Newt’s side was against sanity, but he did let the votes that he knew he would lose happen anyway – which is why he is not entirely lying when he says he helped balance the budget – he did by taking a dive in the first round. That type of finesse was impossible for Hastert (who allowed a bit of corruption back into the House) and is rare in Boehner, who at least supported the ATRA – which raised taxes on the rich and led to a more robust economy. Create two parties, one pro-ATRA and one anti and governance is possible.
Any discussion of the Hastert Rule must include the dance between Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich. During the Clinton presidency, after he lost the House over increased taxes and health care (frankly, after the Clinton fans stayed home at mid-terms thinking they had won the day), a coalition of centrist Republicans would vote with Clinton and not Newt on financial issues – essentially voting for sanity on taxes and spending. It’s what kept us on track to a balanced budget. Newt’s side was against sanity, but he did let the votes that he knew he would lose happen anyway – which is why he is not entirely lying when he says he helped balance the budget – he did by taking a dive in the first round. That type of finesse was impossible for Hastert (who allowed a bit of corruption back into the House) and is rare in Boehner, who at least supported the ATRA – which raised taxes on the rich and led to a more robust economy. Create two parties, one pro-ATRA and one anti and governance is possible.
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