Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
The article in the OP was accurate in one respect, Boehner has essentially declared war on the Tea Party. Much of the rest of the article is typical leftwing media wishful thinking however.
They keep saying the government shutdown hurt republicans badly. Sorry, I don't see it. I saw Obama come off as a petty asshole when he closed those parks and monuments. As much as the media tried to spin it, the image of him barring WW II vets from their own memorial was a total disaster for him. People are not so stupid that they think he was forced to do that by the republicans.
The Tea Party groups do face a dilemma. Their candidates fumbled away three or four easily winnable Senate races. That hurt us all, not just the establishment republicans. And better Scott Brown, even if he is a RINO, than nutcase Elizabeth Warren.
But at some point we have to say enough. Enough of voting for guys just because they are not quite as bad as the democrats. Why can't we vote for people who share our values and stand for something? What's so terrible about that, except for the fact it makes it tougher for the republican establishment to sell us out on things that Big Business wants like amnesty.
I think I'll start a pool on who goes first. Boehner or Shanahan.