Boehner, Rethuglicans Blink

It's being reported right now that Weeper of the House John "Orange Boner" Boehner (Rethug-OH) and his cast of House Rethuglican crackpots have agreed to the 2-month extension of the payroll tax cut. Doubtlessly, teatard Members have been hearing it back home, as well as from Senate Rethugs and party leaders, that their position was doing great damage to the party's image as anti-tax. It must have been difficult for these extremists to choose between their obsession with fighting Obama to the bitter end, and well, the bitter end. Good.

Oh, and the Dems didn't cave for once. May that continue.

(Photo: Weeper of the House Boehner's having a bad week. Harry Reid? Lovin' it!))

Quote of the Day

"GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell famously said a year ago that his main task in the 112th Congress was to make sure that President Obama would not be re-elected. Given how he and House Speaker John Boehner have handled the payroll tax debate, we wonder if they might end up re-electing the President before the 2012 campaign even begins in earnest." -- an editorial in the right-wing Wall Street Journal. We can only hope.

When the WSJ editorial page has to tell House teahadist Rethugs that they're on the wrong side of the payroll tax cut debate, you know those Rethugs are hopelessly out of touch with reality.