The Eighteenth Brumaire of John Boehner
By Only, it’s more like “every time as farce, and hopefully not tragedy.”
And leaving aside the fact that they’ve already had their bluff called twice, the nominal basis of their bluff is particularly pathetic. They seem very impressed with their shiny new “bailout” idiocy, but if there’s anything the funders of Republican Party will like less than blowing up the world economy for no particular reason, it’s blowing up the world economy while reducing subsidies to insurance companies but maintaining guaranteed issue. They’re not only bluffing with a 10 high against a full house, they’ve turned over their cards in advance.