Speaker Boehner and the Republican House

The New York Times: Reports the following facing Republican Speaker Boehner when it comes to the up coming  economic cliff, " ..must decide whether he wants to seal his role as an essential player in a grand plan to restructure the nation’s fiscal condition, or continue the status quo of the very gridlock voters appear to detest. ". 

Lets Get Real:

This is commentary folks, the uber liberal NYT just wants to raise taxes, what the voter did on Election day was keep the present gridlock in place,  the Obama Coattails did not make the Democrats the majority party in the House, without the House no grand deal.   Any economic recession from the US going over the cliff would be a Obama recession, the voters that elected POTUS for a 2nd term as not the same voters that voted to keep the Republican House.   Lets be clear President Obama go re-elected on a narrow margin when looking back to 2008.   The US is split, the Oval could appeal on the TV and the new media for public support for tax hikes, but that group are not Republican primary voters, and they tend not to vote in Mid Terms, thus the reason that the Republicans took the House in 2010.   The Republican members of the House face re-election in 2014, they tend to be in safe seats, thus the main threat is in the primary, thus they have to keep their party base happy, that base has no interest in tax hikes, also the Speaker wants to keep his job as Speaker, thus he has to keep members on board.   The White House will find as other 2nd term Presidents have found their power wanes faster than they thought, the Democrats and Republicans will get getting ready for 2014 and 2016 and the Obama will not be on the ticket. That might be the hardest lesson that Obama learns in the Oval, that he does not matter, none of them like that, that is the bubble of the Oval. 

Petraeus SEX Scandal - P2

Guardian: Reports the following on the Petraeus scandal and its effect in Washington D.C, " ..drip-feed of details concerning his clandestine affair mixes with serious questions over the timing of the resignation. ".

Lets Get Real:

That the FBI would investigate the Director of the CIA is no great surprise, these two Government Agencies can not stand each other, one has to ask does the General not know that the Director Hoover of the FBI blackmailed the Kennedy's so he could bug leading leaders of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.   Also the great TV mini series of the 1970s Washington Behind Closed Doors had a director with a mistress, also dealt with national security concerns, as the article notes the General was up for a Congressional grilling over Libyagate.  If the General is forced to attend these hearings he might decide to throw the Oval under the bus, he has nothing to lose.    The Oval should be worried folks, the General might think its better to throw the Oval under the bus than take any more rebukes, he has nothing to lose, a ex Director of CIA in the Cold should really worry the 2nd term Obama Administration.