The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : Re: Terrible Cap and Tax Bill

Re: Terrible Cap and Tax Bill

By Paul Chesser on 6.27.09 @ 9:09AM

My question is, what message did House Whip Eric Cantor and Minority Leader John Boehner deliver to the eight Republican strays?

My question is, what message did House Whip Eric Cantor and Minority Leader John Boehner deliver to the eight Republican strays? If it was anything less than a promise, if they voted "yes," to:

1. Withhold all future NRCC funds

2. Recruit and massively fund a primary opponent

3. Remove them from any leadership roles they might have

-- then GOP leadership's message wasn't strong enough. This was a vote that demanded principle and unanimity for a party that claims the mantle of lower taxes and limited government, and once again, it failed.

topics:
John Boehner, Global Warming

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Paul Chesser is executive director for the American Tradition Institute and a senior fellow for the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives. The views he expresses do not necessarily reflect the views of these organizations.