The
Republican establishment is fed up with the “outside groups” — the conservative
lobbying shops and super PACs that have pulled the party Rightward in recent
years — and this time, it’s the establishment that is uninterested in
compromise.
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell
are playing to win. But here's the problem: Directly fighting the insurgent
groups only makes them stronger.
In a span of 48
hours, the party leadership took two direct shots at the conservative
insurgents. Boehner attacked the outside groups on camera, singling out Heritage Action. Also, Rep. Steve
Scalise, R-La., fired Republican Study Committee Executive Director Paul
Teller, the universally liked longtime leader of the conservative wing on
Capitol Hill. The occasion was a dispute over the budget, but it sure looks
like a broad effort to bring the insurgency to heel.
Heritage Action, the Club for Growth and the Senate Conservatives Fund all came out against the budget resolution that Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., crafted with Democrats.
The agreement neuters the automatic spending cuts known as the
sequester, and conservatives argued that the budget's “fee increases”
are really tax hikes...........To Read More…..
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