WASHINGTON — Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio was narrowly reelected speaker of the House on Thursday amid open dissent from conservatives on the House floor that signaled that the turmoil and division of the 112th Congress are likely to spill into the newly constituted 113th.
Boehner, in his opening address to the new House, indicated that the Republican majority would make the federal debt and deficit its singular focus. He also delivered a blunt message to those he sees as more interested in stirring dissension and scoring political points than in being constructive.
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It was not until Hurricane sandy that the Northeast Republicans really understood where they stand - their own Republican Caucus does not like them and barely tolerates them! King, Christi, Susan Collins and others won't actually do it, but they should all switch to independent and really tell the Tea Party where to go. Form their own idependent caucus and play King-makers to any and all legislation! Again, they won't do it, but it would highlight how much the South and Midwest like Eastern MONEY, but hate the East in general!