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i can't believe the Republican basically rehired Boehner as their leader considering the disasters of the past. I agree Limbaugh is a plus for the Republican. The Dems are self destructing (as they will admit themselves) with Pelosi, Murtha, Reid and now the President.

The only leader I see is Cantor and he better get out there quick.

Oh..on Palin..she needs to stay in Alaska. Too much bad stuff...a distraction.

Scott Lara
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Boehner is delusional as is the rest of his ilk!

Yeah they are helping the Republican party – right into obscurity. I hope they keep it up. Their rhetoric just shows how much they are out of touch with the MAJORITY of American voters. Newsflash – the reign of fat, old, white, intolerant, holier-than thou hypocrites is over.....hopefully for good!!!

"All the wisdom in American isn't found here in Washington,D.C." says John B. What gave you a clue dipstick? We the people have known that for a little over two hundred years. Also, there is absoultely no wisdom in the leadership of the Republican Party and virtually the same amount in the Democratic party leadership. Hopefully the two party fiasco in this country will be ending in my lifetime. The Republicans want everyone to accept personal responsibilty; that is everyone but themselves, ditto for the Democrats. I would like to think there are intelligent, wise persons out there that will get into public service unfortunately what we are getting stuck with is Rush, Newt, Dick, and George on the right and Nancy, Ted and others on the left. From municipal to national government we need to start again.

I wonder how many of you people know about the prince muslin who backed the demo. candit. When you people dont have your parents money to help you or a welfare check I think you may wake up to the fact you have been duped but it will be to late.

John Boehner is totally out of reach with REALITY! From supporting these three radicals to questioning Pelosi on her loyalty. When are the leaders of the GOP going to learn that "pointing fingers" doesn't get you anywhere. It is time for them to contribute to solving the many problems facing this nation instead of accusing others.

Of course he's going to say that. He doesn't want to have to apologize to Emperor Limbaugh. I think that, despite how you feel about President Obama's policies, most people like him as a person. And, the reason for that, is because he is agreeable. A lesson that, anyone in the GOP whom wants to be president, might wanna learn.

CNN, can I get one of my comments posted, please?

Boehner creeps me out more than the other three guys. I never liked Rush in the past, but I think he's making sense and giving an outlet to more people than ever today.

I guess its safe to assume that the ratings for "State of the Union" are down ... there are eight items permalinked to the program. John King ... this really smacks of desperation for credibility when you have to do so much self-promotion!

If the democrats just became pro-life....then the Republicans would be history.

These 3 clowns are not hurting the GOP!?!?!
What planet do you live on Bohner?
The Party of No! is in the toilet and you think things are going well? You're delusional man...

John Boehner NOW just look at this guy he kind of reminds me of Charlie Manson. The good thing is that even Mickey would not listen to him.

My God, that Boehner is every bit the fruitcake as Limbaugh and Cheney. As long as the GOP coddles to the likes of these individuals, the Dems will be sitting pretty for the next 8 years, and that is no good.

Mickey Mouse is good for Disneyland too. Perhaps a name change: Mickey Limbaugh. Anyone out there care to give up Mickey Limbaugh's education, job training and work experience that qualify him to talk about anything but maybe (and doubtful) Disneyland.

One interview gets four individual stories ? Do you get paid by the inch ? Is Boehner so profound that each statement warrants it's own distinct story ? This smells like FOX Noise.

And I love the fact that FoxNews gets called out every time when not one word is spoken about MSNBC!! Dont try and change the subject that the Democrats are wrong when they deflect the attention away from Pelosi. Stop bringing up Bush, we are long over that. Pelosi is lying, why do you feel the need to try and change the subject that she isnt??
Why doesnt Obama just turn us all into robots so he can be in control of us as well as every business out there?? I dont know whats wrong with you people who think this is a good way to live??? Where did u people grow up?? Bush kept us safe, I hate to say it but we will all see how safe Bush actually kept us by torturing and gaining info when the terrorists strike again because Obama is naive.

bohner is living on the planet of Oz if he thinks Gingrich, Rush and Cheney are not hurting our party. We need a major house cleaning in the GOP!

If you think so, then you haven't been listening! This Republican left a long time ago After Newt and the crew started embracing the Rush"over the hill" Limbaugh and the group of loudmouths.

I am a proud Independent and will never again be a Republican or Democrat. You'll have to earn my vote! And as long as you align yourself with the likes Limbaugh, you or the Republican Party will not get my vote.

Your action, unfortunately are very childish.

Why can't you spank a spoiled unruly child? Your inaction is the same as condoning his actions.

Shame on you!

I have voted Republican for 44 years now. Cheney and Limbaugh are detriments to the GOP. Arrogant, ego-maniacs serve to polarize issues and do not lead to solutions.

The Republican Party has abandoned all its core principles and is in Self-Destruct mode.

You people leaving comments on here are idiots, lets not forget about the great morality of Bill Clinton(while he was president and lied to the american people) and the great legal records of the whole tax cheating Obama admin.

Michael Steele has decided that people are not sufficiently incensed about gay marriage and is working on an economic rational. Small businesses will have to pay out benefits for another class of families. Never mind that most gays are double- income- no -kids who would pay in the same as a family with 6 kids and defray overall cost for everyone. Or that most gay men are far helathier and fitter in middle age than most straight married men and consume less health care dollars. Or that the other partner would no longer have to be covered by some other small business. Or that the money that might be saved would go into boosting the economy in purchases. His new rational doesn't make alot of sense, does it?

It's funny how liberals like to say how much they care about people and conservatives just care about themselves. Then I read the vicious name-calling towards Cheney, Limbaugh, and Gingrich and I realize who really is filled with hate. You're acting like 10year olds. Keept it up libs...you're also helping the GOP...they'll be back in control and you'll be wondering how you lost control so fast.

What a mess the Republican Party has become.

John Boehner is doing a great job – for us Democrats! He's just making the hole that the Republican party is in a little bit deeper.

Keep on digging John!

I believe this issue represents a vast right wing conspiracy of committed ignorance!!! Unfortunately the republican party is being lead by self appointed "bag of wind" right wing extremists. You go Rush, Sean, Glen...... it's kind of like quick sand.

Cheney – Limbaugh – Gingrich – these are the components of Karl Rove's new project tentatively entitled New Faces New Visions.

Has anyone ever seen a less attractive bunch of humans?

Boehner...an intellectual midget and grifter who someone with help from a equally corrupt and stupid constituency wouldnt know any ethical boundaries if he were surrounded by them. His comments, muddled in talking points and prevaracations, are rudimentary steps in obfuscation and ignorance. He has been a hack and a water carrier for every failed cause, save his own rise, that has occured in the GOP in the last 9 years. His embrace of Gingrich, Cheney and Limbaugh is nothing if not a feathering of his own political bed to refresh his own stay in congress for another 2 rotten years. He is the worst of the worst in American politics...a parasite on the body politic. He is fecal debis ina party noted for its decomposition and waste material taking up space in the Capitol.

Yeah, you just keep on telling yourself that Boehner. Maybe if you repeat it a million times and wish upon a shiny star, it will be true.

Those guys are the best ya got?

Go for it!

The leaders of the Republican party all have what I call cranial rectal disorder. Simply put, they have their heads up their asses.

Maybe Anne Coulter should spew some more hate filled crap that they can all gobble up?

As for Rush and Newt, they will end up being the pall bearers at their own funerals.

Articles like this are funny. I enjoy watching the Republican party disengerate. Maybe a new party will form with better policies. I am sick and tired of being fodder the rich and greedy...

Gingrich – Coulter, 2012

This Republican party is not the one that I previously supported and not the one representing the sentiment of the country.

Yes Rush, Cheney and Gingrich are helping! Obama 2012!!!

The Republicans are dead set against a black President, period. It's so balatantly obvious that they'll do their best to see America fail. It's gotten to the point were we are almost like the Jews and Palestinians. We don't care why, we ljust ive to hate each other.

who is this guy kidding. i think he must have taken drugs before making these comments. newt and dick have always been at the bottom of the popularity polls- has something changed that the american public is not aware of? then there is rush, one of the biggest bigots in this country. how can you trust a person that sends his house keeper out to buy his illegal drugs. what a fine example of republican values. the best is that criminal dick. lining his pockets with oil money, undermining the constitution, violating international and national laws. newt is just a complete idiot that does not the diff. from right and wrong. the republicans should pay attention to the polls-you people are D.O.A.with these three morons at your helm. you folks are in complete denial of reality. i hope the republicans continue this course of action-a sure fire way of continued democratic control.

Right, and I am going to be the next President of the United States.

What a terribly sad state they are in, touting cheney and limbaugh as being good for them!
Keep it up, repugnicans. Everytime you open your desperate mouths to speak, you drop another bomb on your own heads.

The GOP will never win again until they start listening to what people are saying. Cheney and Limbaugh will help with their base. But it is too small to win elections now. They have to appeal to the moderates and independants if they want to win.

Are you wake up "yeah right?" !!!!!!

You want Colin Powell as the voice of Conservative? Give me a break. I do not see Colin Powell different w/Specter (a traitor in my view). Republican not as stupid as you think. Keep out, if you are a traitor too. Even your name you hide. What a man are you? Boehner is right he voice his view not like some of you think that he (Boehner) should follow your narrow thought, right?

You have to realize that Boehner is going to receive a challenge for his seat from someone to the right of him. That kind of gives you an idea where his ideas are coming from; he's a conservative trying to beat away a right wing challenge for his own seat. Of course he's going to lean even farther to the right to keep it.

Don't you love the Republican so-called "values" and "morals" ?
As long as it fits their agenda, feel free to pick and chose:

Personal Freedoms: (like telling people what they can do to their bodies, do in the bedroom and how they can dress, the Patriot Act, wiretappings, who to marry etc..).

Family/ Christian values: Torture, the Death Penalty, among other. The Irak war, 100% based on made-up "intelligence" (lies), we basically attacked Irak for no reason, killing 100 thousands in the "freedom" process.

Fiscal Conservativeness: $400 million for abstinence programs (100% ineffective), no-bid contracts to Halliburton, $20 billions that disappeared in Irak, Tax Breaks to Exxon and political supporters etc..

"Corporate Freedom", Enron and the financial crisis are perfect examples of what deregulation does.

As a reblubocrat , which in theory is an indepedent, both parties are out of touch with America. Makes you wonder if all the conspiracy buffs pointing towards a "new world order" aren't wrong. Anyway, the Republican party of the 21st Century is turning towards a clan of outdated ideas with incompetent motives. When the party that espouses national defense shuns the one man that could truly unite America(Powell) due to conflicting philosophies, there's a problem. The true leader of the Republican Party should be Powell, but incompetence, which seems to be the theme of the republicans lately, trumps all logic. And as long as the republicans support hypocrisy from the likes of Rush(War on Drugs), Cheney(enough said), and Newt(multiple wives, but defends the sanctity of marriage), they will fall further and further from the grace of the American people.

Please America – Learn from history and our mistakes. These two men were a big part in all the deceit during the Bush Administration. Why would you let them continue to craft your message for a New and Better America ???

GOP is a party of loonies who all put PARTY before COUNTRY.... gay marriage, stem cell research, and abortion rights are NOT national issues.

Dave, they were not the sole cause, there were plenty of democrats who sadly share some of the blame for the current mess this country is in.
Now, the republicans do own the lions share of it, thats a fact , I just hope the voters refuse to allow them to have more of a voice until they admit it and actually take the steps needed as a party to clean themselves up and rein in their more far radical right members.
That and they need to tell Cheney to shut up and get a hobby.

John Boehner simply demonstrates how out of touch he is along with the rest of the party. I was a Republican who has moved to the democratic side. Boehner confirms the very reasons why and gives me no hope of ever coming home. I wonder if Boehner has ever listened to Limbaugh. On a regular basis, his show is full of lies and distortions. While he hides under the cover of his patriotism, his real aim is simply to make money for himself. The more gas he throws on the fire, the more attention he gets from people and the more ad revenue he gets. Dick Cheney....come on. Dick Cheney is a primary reason the Republicans have been thrown out of office and for Boehner to align himself with him continues to distance people from the party. Lastly, if you're pinning your hopes on Newt Gingrich for your future in politics, I think you've already made a bold statement. Good luck guys!

This is such a liberal news medium. Just like sheep you follow whatever the mainstream media tells you. Obama is changing this country into something completely different than what our founding fathers intended. He effectively used technology to recruit the uneducated masses to win the victory. Half of the people who voted for him had no idea what he stood for. And half of the people on this board are playing Monday morning quarterback while lying to themselves that only Republicans and certainly not Pelosi knew what we did to protect the country. This is not fantasy land we are living in. Maybe we should send them milk and cookies and ask about their terrible plans and hate they have for our country. They have brainwashed their youths with this message for a very long time. Do you really think the masterminds will respond to please?

I disagree.

I'm a former Republican Party member who is now a member of the Libertarian Party. If the Republican Party wants to save itself, it needs to get rid of Limbaugh, Cheney, Gingrich, and all the other so called "conservatives" who are destroying the party that I knew and loved.

I honestly can't see the Republican Party making major gains within the next 8 years or so, unless they really fix the damages that they have done to their image. This includes getting rid of all the fundamentalists and the neoconservatives.

If the Republican Party wants to keep on blindly digging their grave, then so be it.

is he kidding??? no wonder the gop is all washed up, having limbaugh and cheney speak is like having a mill stone placed around their necks.

As a conservative, I will take Rush on my team any day. You guys can have Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank, John Murtha the list goes on and on. You see, what drives me crazy about liberals is their inability to think critically. Most liberals I talk to and see on television are like a bunch of mindless sheep. Conservatives on the other hand think using reason and logic not emotion. For example, I do not think Bush was a very good president, I like some things he did but for the most part do not consider his presidency a success. But here we have so-called legitimate media sources crowning Obama as the most intelligent, competent president we have ever had. He is the most leftist president this country has ever faced and truly believes in government more than the individual which is not what made this country great. If an overwhelming federal government was the way to success, we would have lost the cold war. I just hope America wakes up.

And that's why the republicans are in shambles.

CNN, really.. 3 Boehner posts from the same interview? I've got a great idea! Why, when interviewing Republicans from the legislature, don't you ask for the Republicans' solutions to healthcare, the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, breaking international law, you know like stuff responsible "journalists" might ask? So far I see three fluff opinion pieces starring a bronzed hangover who talks through his ass. For shame, are all the journalilsts dead these days?

Apparently boner is the only republicon the party feels comfortable having being an official spokesperson. The orange martian who sounds reasonbly sane as he repeats the absurd republicon talking points is the best they ahve to offer. They have to keep the others as far out of thepublic eye as possible – jindal the creepy Mr. Rogers - steele the younger clarnace thomas nut case, palin, well, nuff said. Who else are they going to have out there? boner is as sane as they have...disturbing.

Keep talking, the more you talk the more we find out, the we don't trust, the more you won't be in our White House.

sure they are! keep talking boys! ROTFLMAO.

It's amazing to see a Democrat telling the Republicans HOW to think and speak... doesn't this strike you as odd?

So, Republicans are only "successful" when they AGREE with Democrats? So what exactly is the point of having two parties?

When one has an opposing view, the proper thing is to express it. Especially when we're talking about the future of this country!

More of Limbaugh and Cheney please... and the only reason people think negatively of them, is because of the liberally charged media tells them to.

As much as I disagreed with President Bush and his policies, I can honestly say that I can truly say that I respect him right here, right now for not coming out and speaking like these fools. I am beginning to wonder who was really calling the shots the last 8 years? Was it the President or these fools?

Makes you wonder.

The Republicans are sooooo messed up. Of course they deserve it for destroying this country for the last eight years. Republican = Clueless, out of touch, IRRELEVENT.

Ignorance is bliss as the ole saying goes.

I agree with Boehner...the answer is:
Cheney/Limbaugh 2012 ! ! !

I actually love the fact that he says this because every time little man syndrome rush opens his mouth the Democrats look good, and all he does is just keeping helping the Democrats look like the better party. I don't know when people who support this crazy right-wing whacko will take notice that he doesn't care about the country or any of his majority on uneducated listeners, all he cares about is making more money.

The 'Contract on America' did not fail. Look around and you can see what the GOP did to this country.

Surely, these prime examples of flotsam and jetsam, discarded from a political era long gone, do not seriously believe the citizenry is paying attention to this inane nonsense they preach. Rush, Boehner, the Dick, Newt and that rapidly diminishing crew of political "has beens" are exhibiting the traditional last gasp of relevance before they vanish unto the sunset.

I suspect the 20010 election results will be the final nail in their political coffins.

Obviously, the entire Republican party has become delusional if they think Cheney and Limbaugh are helping them. People like Boehner think we are all a bunch of idiots.

Yes! We need another "Contract On America"!! Gingrich and the GOP needs to take out another contract on America – maybe this time from the grassy knoll....

They do not get it! How many election cycles do we have to go through? Enough already.

Bonehead doesn't know what he is talking about. I used to vote for the person not the party. But the way these idiots have become the American Taliban insures I will never vote Republicant again in my lifetime.

Unless all GOP leadership commits mass hari kiri.

In which I will be happy to assist them.

I was a lifelong republican until the last election where I voted a straight democratic ticket. The GOP seems to believe that the USA should be the policeman of the world and consequently starts wars all over the place which kills and injures thousands of our young men and women. They also believe in taking care of the rich at the expense of the poor, i.e. backing the big medical insurance and drug companies instead of helping lower the cost of health care for the poor and middle class. They have run our country into the ground economically and are responsible for the current recession. Finally they have allowed the brain washed right wing nuts to take full control of the party and run away all the others. I refuse to be in the party when air bags like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck are in charge.

Willie, Greenville SC

what a convenient timing for this Boehner guy to chair his party.

he couldn't have made it sometime in the past 8 years?

how many amazing soundbites of Bush just saying the guys name did we miss out on?

The only way republicans can come back in on the back of Ron Paul, he is a true republican and the only one I would vote for as an Independent

House Minority Leader John Boehner said Sunday a slew of recent and sometimes controversial comments and media appearances by a trio of high-profile Republicans is helping his struggling party.
“We’ve got a long way to come back. We’ve had two disastrous election cycles.”

Yes they are helping to destroy the GOP and do not care if America fails also. Hate and Greed Rules.
Rush Limbuagh should run for President if the GOP think he is so great.

I hope that Cheney, Limbaugh, and Gingrich continue their good work for the Democratic Party. Thank you for assuring the Democratic Party of success. Mission Accomplished!

If the GOP wants to swarm around Limbaugh, then, hey, go ahead and do so, but just remember you're being very hypocritical in that you supposedly champion "family values" yet he's thrice-divorced; you supposedly value military service yet he never served; and you supposedly want law-abiding citizens yet he's a drug offender. And what's that spell?

H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-C-Y!

I find it amazing that those who advocate the loudest for tolerance and acceptance exhibit such a minute amount of it. Your failure to understand that Mr.Limbaugh and "his ilk" annoy you is proof enough. You speak of conservatives with all the contempt and disdain that I had been led to believe did not have a seat at the table of the good liberal or moderate.

If Boehner thinks that Cheney and Limbaugh are helping the Republican party, maybe he doesn't deserve to be counted as one of its leaders.

Really? Everybody I know thinks that Cheney is a war criminal, that Newt is a pompous philanderer [ugh] and that Limbaugh is a hatemonger. So, the RNC is being helped by a war criminal, a cheater and a hatemonger? WOW!

Yes I agree the GOP is turning in to a Southern Regional Party! Instaed of listening to the American people in the last two elections they contunue the this right wing agenda.

Sorry GOP the American public has been there done that and we are done!

That's right, John. People everywhere are as racist, thick skulled and misogynistic as the Republican Party. Guess what, O'Rielly, Hannity, Coulter, Rush and Beck? Minorities, women and the middle class tend to avoid voting for candidates and ideology that despises them. The only other groups as regimented and radical in their thinking are the Taliban. Now THAT'S an irony!

How does the term Libertarian sound? As in Ron Paul. Our two party system is ruining our country as there is nothing close to bipartisanship. Does race have something to do with it I don't know but right now our country sucks!!! We have a President who has been in office barely more then 100 days and between Cheney, Limbaugh, Pelosi and Reid has totally destroyed our unity. Oh by the way I forgot Gingrich. Cheney really needs to shut up as Haliberton has made him a very wealthy man. I am a Vietnam vet and we did KP and polished our own boots. Now the military has people cook for thwem, and clean their clothes. No wonder our military has become so soft. Thank you VP Cheney

There are 28 comments about the Boehner article. Not ONE is positive. The Republican party is one of double standards and hypocrisy. I agree with Dexter – if I was a Republican I couldn't jump off the ship fast enough. A new Moderate Party may be the only way to break from the Carnival Freaks of the Republican Past (they kind of remind me of evil characters in the cartoon Courage the Cowardly Dog). A new party would gain a ton of media attention.

Gee,
Why all the hateful responses from you folks? It's pretty obvious that you're virtually all Democrats and you won the race. Remember? As one of your brethren said, "Why can't we all just get along?"

I've never seen such hostile winners. Usually, they just laugh and say something like, "There, I guess that shows you who the people really wanted."

I would like to send a huge "Thank You" to Rush, Dick, and now John.
Signed,
A Democrat

That's called "whistling through the graveyard" - and it's not an effective "strategy." Of course what ban Boehner say? He's another of the Party's weak links. In fact, that's the Party's problem: very few persuasive, intelligent voices, and the ones they have are cut off at the knees by the right-wing crazies who still rule the party.

From Gingrich With his contract against "America". To Rush Limbaugh, pill popper with know hearing in one ear! a.k.a. "RACIST. John Boehner alittle to much time getting one tan to many! Dick {5 deferments to many} Cheney. Talk your comments about toture our as stupid as your principles!! Perhaps you as the rest of your followers, should remove your "American Flags" from your clothes??? And try alittle waterboarding!!!! Just little that "snake in the grass" Sean handity, who said on live Fixx News, that he do for it for the "THROOPS" or charity the people our still weighting!! So it this the g.o.p. Perhaps they should releash the insane people, because you 're making them look smart..

How sad that some people believe that promoting divisiveness will resolve the problems of the country. It always has to be "us" vs "them". There is no room for "we".

Boehner's viewpoint is markedly biased. The denial of the GOP is persistent and malignant.

Just another idiot remark by another idiot Repuke. What did you expect?

Let's see, the man who pulled the strings in the most discredited administration in modern times, a junkie loudmouth who would say anything for attention, and an old, out of date right wing fanatic are THE spokespeople for the Republicans??

The Democrats have nothing to worry about for a very long time.

Rush and Cheney need to keep speaking out. They along with Gingrich and Boehner will assure the GOP will not see substantial power for decades to come. The rather considerable number of messes the country is in right now, economic and political are traced straight back to the failed polcies of the GWB White House and President Cheney, opps, I mean President Bush. the GOP has nothing new to offer, just more of the failed policies of the last eight years and creation of controversy when there is none.

Cheney and Limbaugh are getting under the Democrats' skin. They just wish they would go away. They won't and this bothers the Dems.

The GOP are dilusional! tells you a lot about their character to think in sunch a way. The GOP is like the confederate flag, that should be their logo in the open. dilusional, fanatics.

Cnn I just wanted to thank you for posting this:
gobama May 17th, 2009 12:39 pm ET

As a democrat i hope u ane those other idiots never shut up. u r making this too easy 4 obama and 4 that the rest of da world thaks u.

Cheney and Limbaugh, with Palin, define what the Republican Party has become: bankrupt of rational thinking, alienated, incompetent, dedicated to secret deals and ignorance and the idea that the US public is slave to the whims of the unaccountable and thieving GOP leadership witch doctors.

All I can say is I am happy the Republicans have these people as their mouthpiece and I am happy they believe it helps them. As long as they travel down this path we dont have to worry about them being in charge of anything.

Let them keep talking. I'm more than happy to have them out their making fools of themselves and dragging the GOP deeper into the pit they dug for themselves.

Newt lost all credibility with that "Contract on America" thing. Boehner is just, well, actually I'm not sure there's a word that goes beyond "delusional". Steele needs to keep talking as much as possible – he's got his foot so deep in his mouth it has begun to digest. The only one I would REALLY like to have shut up is Eric "I want to be a scumbag like Santorum when I grow up" Cantor – I just can't stand his whining.

What else is Boehmer going to say? He can't go against Rush Limbaugh, or he'll get viciously attacked and end up having to apologize. He can't admit that Cheney is sucking the oxygen out of the Republican Party without inviting a similar response from all the people who obviously support Cheney. What it boils down to is that Boehmer is a political coward.

Cheney and Limbaugh are rallying the Republican base, not the moderates who are needed to actually win an election. They are looking for anything and everything they can find to make a negative point against President Obama and the Democrats, hoping that something will eventually stick. The Republications need new leadership, period.

I live in Canada and am a Canadadian citizen and proud of it. I love lots of things about Amreica as a hole but I laugh my ass off at the stupidity of the GOP. The statement "there's nothing wrong with going out and listening to the American people" was downright stunning. You had your chance, you screwed it up. Now go back to your office and see how you can actually HELP the American people by WORKING with your new goverment instead of trying to convince yourself that your way, your ideas and ideals are the answer. Clearly they are not. RC

The GOP claims to have the best plan going forward after what we've seen? That's a radical act of rebranding.

The GOP continues to distill itself down to its final two uber-patriots. Pistols at dawn to decide who's the greatest Patriot of them all! I'm happy to let the GOP join the Whigs and Toris as part of history.

Time for the Libertarian Party to step up their game and become the next great American political party.

House Minority Leader John Boehner's quote reflects the Republican Out-Of-Touch. I am no longer consider myself as a Republican because of him and others who "won't admit their mistake". Vice President Dick Cheney, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh just added more disappointment. It's sad.

I say, if GOP wants to pursue with this Pelosi issue, lets pursue investigation with Bush and Cheney as well. I'm sure that would be alot more fun.

Boehener`s kidding right?

No! No! No! No! All of you here have it all wrong! Boehner is right – they ARE helping the republican party! They help weed out the weak links, like moderates, and those that try to actually practice bipartisanship. They help polarize the population by distilling out the ardent remnant willing to go to any lengths to defend the circa 1957 conservative way of life! They are doing a GREAT job! How could all of you be so wrong?

It's like Boehner said “All the wisdom in America isn’t found here in Washington, DC,” it's in South Florida with Rush. They know what they're doing!

Speaking of "out of touch," it seems that the lead Republicans are all about being right and avoiding being wrong no matter what.

I crossed over to the Left before this election, acknowledging that our candidate, John McCain and his pick, Sarah, were absolutely clueless about solutions to the disaster waiting to happen.

Conservative Christians have become hate filled, judging fanatics, complaining, condemning, and selfishly claiming that only they have a monopoly on God's view.

If something is broken, such as the Republican Party, it should be buried, and recreated, but this time, with the focus on what is truly best for Americans. Get real, Cheney, Limbaugh, and Boehner have sacrificed thousands of ex republicans because of their inability to see what is actually best for us. Resisting is not the answer. Support or come up with solutions.

I thank God that I saw His Light and denounced the Republican Party that is destined for destruction.

Hmmm...

If House Minority Leader John Boehner believes that "D-i-c-k The Whip" Cheney, Newton Gingrich and "Flush Rush" Limbaugh are helping the Republican Party, then John Boehner needs psychotherapy.

I am a moderate Republican; and yes, we do exist. I have an intense dislike for the mean-spirited, uncaring, almost evil, philosophies of Cheney, Gingrich, "What's Her Name?," and Limbaugh. They need to quit their tired old ethics, and fade into obscurity.

The Republican Party has rightfully gone to Hell in a hand basket. Good riddance. Hey Boehner! Good job alienating more or the american people! Jerk.

I agree whole heartedly with Boehner. A party should stand on it's principles, not polls. The Republicans are finally getting back to basics and not trying to be all things to all people. Conservativism is not exclusive to any one group. That message will finally and decisively be heard in the coming years. Nothing like a big swing to the left to remind traditional thinkers what they are giving up by compromising their principles.

Most of the republicans remaining in Congress are right wing extremist from the south. Cheney, Gingrich, and Limbaugh are preaching to the dittoheads. Soon that is all that will be left of the republican party. How are they going to win an election with less than 20% of voters.

as far as I am concerned, Chaney and Limbaugh do get the attention of the media. May not agree with them but they get the message out of alternative thought. Right now, THAT IS GOOD. Most of the media ignores people who are not of a liberal point of view so will take their point of view.

I never watched Fox network untill last Fall.....the difference of what they report vs cnn, nbc, cbs, msnbc, etc is as different as night and day. all I want is information so I can decide....may not agree with all of fox but I get info. I see chaney and limbaugh in the same light. they get other points of view out there.

Oh just jump into sara's tanning boot, you narcissistic pretty boy.

You don't think so? Well I am not even going to remotely think about voting for the GOP as long as Rusty Limbo is associated with the GOP. See this is yet one more proof of how bad things are for the GOP. They do not know who and what their problem is even when people (like me tell them!)

The voices of the GOP these days leave one wondering if the REAL Republican Party will ever be a decent forced in this country again. Limbaugh, as GOP spokesman, shows how sick and deacyed the thinking has become. The current GOP has no relationship to the party as we knew it up to the time of Nixon. President Ford's administration marked the end of the historic GOP – the GOP that put nation and its people first rather than pocket-books. There's not one iota of thought that can be called "positive" about Limbaugh...an embarrassment to the GOP and to broadcasting in general. And, if you lived through World War Two, you have to hold your breath for a moment – the echo of Limbaugh and those extremists echo way too much of what used to come from Radio Berlin. These ARE dangerous people; they are contrary-Americans! We who have have been brought up to love this nation via participation in the Republican Party can see no relationship between basic GOP policies and what is being called "The Republican Party" today!
Listen to Limbaugh and you listen to radicalism such as this country has not experienced since to chants of the Bund!

RSH

He right, it not hurting what left of the republican party

i love reading the comments of these ignorant snipes here on cnn. rush, newt, cheney and boehner have more sense then the whole heap of you liberal whackos. look at history, liberalism drives americans to become more dependent and less free. what conservatives like limbaugh, gingrich and the rest want is less intrusion by the government into personal and private sectors so that all americans are free to prosper and make the most out of their abilities and gifts. the hate that is spewed forth by the left in this country gets us nowhere, and all that obama is going to accomplish is driving our economy into the ground and weakening our defenses. GOD BLESS RUSH!

Bonehead would have made a great music director for the Titanic's chamber orchestra.

Of course whatta you really expect him to say, "yes, we're in a complete state of disarray thanks to these loudmouths?" No, that he saves for private conversations.

A high profile Republican says other high profile Republicans are only capable of good. How ... normal.

Cheney, Limbaugh, Savage, Hannity, Coulter, Bachman, et al are important to the right wing. They say the extreme views that many of the party believe but cannot announce because they would be chastised publicly for it. They say what many believe is true in their hearts. They hate, prejudice, and inflammatory charges they make attract some to the party and gives them a place where their views are accepted. At the same time, the party leaders can dismiss the most outlandish statements, distancing themselves from it, but all the while, embracing the comments for the extremists voters who continue to support their side. Cheney, Limbaugh, and the rest are not only important; they are essential to the Republican party as they are the ones who keep the farthest-right whackos in the tent.

House Minority Leader John Boehner's permanent tan explains his behavior and his dogma. He's been out in the sun too long, way too long!

Thank god for people like this in the republican party. I am thrilled that these losers take every chance they get to push their supporters away. Its getting to the point where the only republican supporters i know.. are the same people who say dinosaurs didnt exist. This is the first time ive ever really appreciated how ignorant republicans really are. How can something that used to be so frustrating, become so refreshing?

long live joe the plumber and sarah palin! Add those idiots to the list.

Bohner knows well that if he crosses the defacto head of the GOP (Limpbo)-he too will be the subject of hate radio. In terms of the GOP making a come back with the same message of hate-fuggitaboutit. The true leaders of the GOP (in the followig order): Limpbo, Levin, Hannity, Savage, Coulter then way down the line are the rank and file repubs in congress that take their marching orders from hate radio.

Those silly Republicans just don't get it!

Republicans are self destructing, they have no new (good ..) ideas and lack fresh thinking.. Well politics is dirty so either party is no good. I sure agree with there fiscal conservatism, I don't want to pay more taxes but I do want to pay enough to keep the country running. I loved when bush cut our taxes but wasn't aware that he was pulling a fast one by borrowing and spending.. Thats not conservatism.. that's cheating.. Sure I didn't pay the taxes under bush but my kids and grand kids have to.. The religious fanaticism that I seen under the republicans is the biggest turn off for me. The republicans need to re-innivate and get back to there roots .. only then would people like me will ever think about voting for them...

half of the country is still very conservative, you liberals just can't stand anyone who is conservative. You won so get over it.

Sadly for Republicans, these idiots really do represent what's left of the G.O.P.

Wow, he thinks people in their 20's, 30's and 40's want to hear their rhetoric. They think were in the 1950's again. The republican party needs to adjust a little if they want my support. The democratic party needs to tighten up their values also.

Boehner is of the same ilk as Cheney, Gingrich, and Limbaugh so why on earth would he speak against them?
He and his little band of bigots ARE the republican party. Their ignorance and hatred is shared by all other republicans. These people are evil and corrupt, just as are the people who support them.

They should call it the contract to impoverish America. These guys have and will sell us out again. They are like life long criminals that can't help themselves. They sit back and laugh at the people stupid enough to buy this crap and say "see I told you we could do it again".

Hmmm. Cheny and Limbaugh, two guys my age who somehow missed that war we had way back then, though eager to make new ones and send yet more others. I'm one of the guys who went in their place. Colin Powell was quite right when he described their ilk as "having never been in a bar fight." Indeed. Now they're screaming like girls. I love it.

Let's be honest here. What else is he going to say?

Limbaugh, Boehner, Cheney–If they are the three stooges of the Republican Party, then our founding fathers were also members of the same. These brilliant individuals are trying to lead the spoiled, blind, back to light of reality and to the wisdom of our Constitution. It is a hard fight worth fighting. They must prevail. There is no alternative. I personally , will not stand by and watch the destruction of this country through apathy, ignorance, corruption, and immorality. People will learn the truth. It is only a matter of time. We are patient.

Boner is a complete space cadet. He and Nancy P. should forma a club.

wow now that is some serious denial...someone has a lot of anxiety trying to escape through a neurotic defense mechanism of the ego

if anything these three "people" I use the term loosely are hurting his party by a lot

John Boehner is as publicly damaged a spokesman for the GOP brand as their other putative "leaders," Dick Cheney (5 draft deferments during Vietnam chicken hawk), Newt Gingrich (do as I say, not as I do), & Rush Limbaugh (competing with Anna Nicole Smith in the pill popping sweepstakes). As long as they and their new poodle, Eric Cantor, & their clown, Michael Steele, are the ones delivering the pitch (instead of Megan McCain & Ron Paul), they will become intimately familiar with the law of diminishing return as they join their fore bearers, the Whigs, into historical oblivion.

They know how to start a war and screw everything else up. Stay out of those tanning beds, it's frying yor brain.

Cheney, Lushbag helping to keep the hard-core GOP-aligned from running over to the Libertarian party.

They're certainly not semaking new sales on GOP-poop.

Of course Mr. Boehner is going to say that Rush Limbaugh is good for the party. It saves him from issuing the inevitable apology tomorrow.

What else could he say? He didn't want to face the outrage of Boss Limbaugh and have to back down on his statements. From a Dem's standpoint, let these old relics from the past keep leading the party. Look where it has got them so far.

These guys are delusional. Yes. Yes. Keep presenting Cheney and Limpbaugh as the voice of the Republican Party. Every time these guys open their mouths, they remind people why we elected Obama.

I think I see the hand of Carl Rove in here somewhere. You get these three radical right wingers to make a whole bunch of negative noise and the news covers it. Classic Rove attach strategy.

Thus we never hear about the improving economy, health care reform and tax cuts (yes, the dems cut taxes – unless you made a few $100K).

You don't hear the Dems crying about how the Reps ruined our economy, our credibility and our environment. (OK sometimes you do, but not nearly as much as you hear the Reps complain about everything else).

Thank God, Obama doesn't engage in all the "idiocracy". He's working full time on getting this country back on its feet. That's something I don't think I have ever seen a Rep do – they just tear it down.

The problem with wanting things to never change, is that they do. Science reduces death rates at all ages so there are more of us, putting pressure on resources and making competition for them appear uglier. Science also improves communication so that everyone can now tune into and understand the political debates.

By just rotten timing, this is when 'laissez faire' has come to look naive at best, and much else that is traditionally Republican-the every man for himselfness of it-just does nothing for the majority. Healthcare just cannot be faced alone any more.

Republicans must move left because that is where the solutions are. Or be content to sniff about their principles forever out of office, until they are all gone.

Boehner is clueless if he thinks having a spewing lard of hate Limbaugh and a Newt who recycles the same old crap the RebubliNocan's have been peddling for years does not hurt the RepubliNocan party.

Those two guys are killing what is left of the Republican Party. It is now time to do away with the two party system in favor of an open system where a candidate runs on his/her own platform and does not owe allegiance to any party, only to the American People and what the majority wants done. Enough is enough.

I am so relieved to hear Boehner say this; it proves that President Obama will be able to spend every minute of the next four years dealing with the business of the country, because he won't have to spend one minute preparing for the 2012 election – the repubs will hand it to him on a silver platter.

Speaking of the listening-no-not-listening-but-teaching-tour, what pizzeria are Cantor and Co. appearing at this weekend – 'cause I missed the memo on that one?

Sounds like whistling in the dark as you walk past the graveyard.

thats folks for supporting me, listen , you will need to help keep me in office for awhile longer. i just found out that not all my friends got enough money last go around so lets print more! so keep america focused on other things while i'm robbing the middle american of all thier wealth. so thanks to all you gullible young folks out there, youll be paying forever and ever. remember that being in debt is the amiercan way- excuse me i have a speech here at ND to give,
enjoy the depression and dont worry i'll be fine. BO

Wow, educated Americans would say that those 3 liers are hurting his party more than any current DNC member...in what world can he not see this?

As usual, most of the comments from the liberal side are lacking in intelligence and no facts. It show the main thing the demos have is their comments of hatrid . . . it is amazing that so many democrats like this sort of hate agenda.

Actually, John, keep up the good work. Us moderate Reps and Dems out here are basking in the multitude of successes of the Obama administration, and it's only been 120 days or so.

Don't forget to get Palin in front of the camera more too. PLEASE. You betcha. And also

I think we need to be careful not to allow these two to speak for conservatism. 3 Xs divorced Rush railed agaist drug abusers saying they should all be in prison for life while he himself was illegally abusing drugs while Newt, also married 3 times, dumped his first wife while she was in the hospital fighting cancer due to an affiar then had the nerve to demand Clinton be impeached for Monica while he now admits he was having an affair at the same time with the woman who is now his third wife. Please get people speaking up who are walking the walk. None of us are perfect but it is shameful to go on a soap box about the sanctity of marriage and famiy values when you have such a recent history.

Listening to Boehner with a straight face, John King could have been forgiven had he chosen to offer a couple of bridges in NYC for sale to the esteemed Leader of the Minority.

Between Darth Vader and the two Fat Boys (AKA Dick, Rush, and Newter) taking their dog and pony show to anyone will listen to them, the embarrassment that is Michael Steele,and the obviously oblivious Mr. Boehner, the GOP reminds me of nothing so much as the ant hill I disturbed in my rock garden this morning. I feel vaguely sorry for them, and wish they would just crawl back under their rocks and not cause me any more trouble.

Having Mo, Shemp and Curly out there is not, in any way, shape or form helping the republican party do anything other than continue to loose the interest of those who might have otherwise been interested in the party's philosophies. Then add Palin to the list and you've got continuing, uncompromising, never-ending political disaster. Republicans have already become a regional party, and using those old-hat, right of right wing champions to resurrect the party is like asking a walleye fisherman to start eating carp.

Cheney is an extremist; he is dangerous to the world. He creates another extremists.

That is absolutely ludicrous and Boehner's statement just proves that right along with Cheney, Gingrich, Limbaugh, etc ... that he just doesn't get it. Yes, it may help with their base, but it helps with no other demographic, i.e., moderates and if they want to win elections, whether they want to admit it or not, moderates are what they need to win elections.

While I think Boehner's comment is absurd, the Republicans aren't sunk yet. The Dems are working hard to match them in the public's level of disgust. Whether the Republicans come back sooner rather than later depends on whether the Dems in Congress will actually do what the people sent them there to do, rather than just snipe at the Republicans. I think the Dems may lose their advantage by shooting themselves in the foot. Pelosi's sure doing her best to help by shooting at her own feet.

The 3 old white men are only helping your far right base Boehner. Your party is becoming a regional exclusive party that is only looking out for itself and not the American People. All you talk about is how can we regain power, not how can we make this country better for the greater good of the people. Bring something new to the table and maybe people might listen.

Boehner is correct. We need more people like Limbaugh and Cheney to clearly communicate the message of the GOP and force out the liberals in our ranks. Let's face it, liberal Republicans like McCain, Specter, Snow et al do nothing but advance their own personal agendas and that of the Democrat Party. When push comes to shove, they never support core GOP platform issues.

So yes, Limbaugh and Cheney *are* helping. They're helping purge the GOP ranks of the enemies who seek to turn to Republican Party into little more than Democrat Lite.

In closing, I'm shocked that the moderators here approved so many hateful and infantile remarks made against these stand-up conservatives. Talk about a new low.

Wrong. Please allow me to explain: People dislike Cheney because he isn't shy about letting you know that he considers himself superior to everybody else. People dislike Rush because he makes his living stirring up political and racial hatred. People dislike Newt because he's a slimy opportunist who divorced his first wife (he's now on his third) on her deathbed. Oh, and as for Rove, people dislike him because he's a non-stop liar and master manipulator. Does that help clarify things for you?

"And Boehner praised the National Council for a New America, a recent GOP effort spearheaded by House Minority Whip Eric Cantor that is intended to rebrand the GOP and help it reconnect with voters."

Why does Mr. Boehners statement make me laugh and think the GOP is treading down the path of GM and Chrysler?

They aren't hurting the GOP, as long as the GOP wants to be known as the party of fanatic, fundamentist radicals...

whatever they think is fine, but im not a republican anymore and i can say i am not the only one. everyone that i know that was a republican either is a disgruntled republican voting democrat or not a republican at all anymore. If you dig yourself into a hole, the best way to dig out is to dig at a 45 degree angle up until you get out, not a 45 degree angle down

I have seen it rain on one side of the house and Sun shining on the other. Just because a person might be in a room you cannot prove what he or she heard. If Ms Pelosia said she didnt here what were said I think have take her word for it.

I love the fact that the Repubs think people like Rush, Hannity, Jindal, Cheney, and Palin are helping them. With these faces as the spokespersons for the Republican party, the Democrats will stay in power indefinately. I love it.

What if Cheney's right?

Boehner,why don't you just go back to the salon and get your 'tan' on? Leave the destruction of the Republican Party to the professionals.

When Cheney, Limbaugh and Gingrich speak of course they aren't hurting the GOP, they are just helping it remain the same. Nothing new just the same old white guys wanting to stay in power.

A better way forward John?

Then why pick the losers from the past???????

Bonehead!

The problem with the republican part isn't that they haven't reached out enough; it's that they have sacrificed all the principles they supposedly believed in the name of compromise. Their base isn't going to show up at the polls when they see little difference between the republican candidate and the democrat. Limbaugh and Cheney are not the problem with the Republican party, the John McCain's of the party are.

"Come on down to the picnic, there's plenty of Kool-Aid".

My god if John King doesn't have Cheney on then he has another blow hard republican. Where were these republicans and what was their reaction when these briefings came about? Oh by the way the "contract with america" was a bunch of lies that the republicans did to get into office, after they got their way, oh we can't do that as far as term limits because there is alot of experience in the "old timers", and the American people fell for the BS. Good plan!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lets see if the american people are as dumb as their were back in the 90's...

They are not hurting the GOP. If anything they are helping the GOP and this is scaring liberals.

How do I know that? Well if Cheney was hurting the GOP by his statements, why would the Democrats violate Cheney's first amendment rights by telling him to shut up? They would want Cheney to speak all over the country.

Please keep doing what you do Republicans, at this rate you won't see power again for the next 100 years.

These people are helping the Republican party??????? Only heaven can help them, if John Boehner thinks this is true. Cheney, Limbaugh and Gingrich only reinforce, the negative and idiotic voice of the Republicans. You can add Hannity and Beck to this list. I agree "Dems for Decades"!!!!!

Sometimes the Bonehead is best to shut up, like 24/7.

Yes, Darth Cheney, Lush Phlegmball, and Kermit the Newt are helping the GOP–if by helping you mean digging the grave faster.

Ah, well, the Libertarian Party will be there to fill the middle void once the GOP dies and the DP arrives at its extreme-left destination...

Rush is the best voice out there. He makes perfect sense. The republican party has tried moving left, and being bi-partisan, with amnesty, bail outs, and big spending; how can you tell them from the democrats? We need to go back to being who we are. After the full fledged socialist, Keynesian approach from real democrats fails, as it inevitably will, the ideas of Rush, and the right guys will provide the antithesis of socialism which is free market capitalism, and that is what made America great in the first place!...........YEA!!!

Boehner is as clueless and stupid (and stinking rich by playing to the low IQ racists) as Cheney and Limbaugh are!

May you remain in political exile for the next 1000 years!!

It doesn't matter Republican, or Democrat. They are both way too far to the left. Just wait two more years. When the economy has collapsed world wide due to our debt. When money will be worthless, and even gold will be as useful as copper. When if you want to survive, you will have to raise chickens and grow your own food. Then it will finally dawn on the survivors as to what happens when you force citizens to support social agenda's. I pity you people that live in the cities, but still, it will be interesting to watch the collapse of humanity. (Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times.) Things are about to get interesting folks. Good Luck!

How very sad indeed are these Republicans. They have only one interest and that is power for themselves. They do not care about the less fortunate and the needy of this country. The gang of 3 just keep on churning the same old garbage again and again.

Here we have a President who is trying to make things better for the country and you have this continuing opposition and desire to bring him down. How totally unpatriotic, irresponsible and immature.

Surely the there have to be a few folks in this party who have more sense and integrity. Hopefully they will be out of power for many more years to come.

Limbaugh, Cheney, and company are irrelevant. Limbaugh was an old windbag when I was in college; twenty years later, the world has moved on and he hasn't. Unfortunately, there is a wheezy old contingent of the party that thinks he still makes sense. I say we move on without them. The GOP needs new blood and new ideas; we need our own version of Obama – young, smart, articulate, and charismatic. Lets replace the bombast with some substance and character.

More and more people agree; the Republican party needs to reorganize and reinvent itself in a tremendous way if it ever wants to become relevant again. Part of this process will include getting rid of these "old school", hate-mongering, "my way or the highway", close-minded, pill-popping, self-serving, (drop your term in here) idiots that have been allowed to shape, steer, and become the voice of the GOP. Since there is no way they are going to go willingly, it will take some sort of internal civil war to get rid of them. This should keep the Democrats in power for a while.

This is the chance the Libertarians have been waiting for to actually become one of the major political parties.

I'm ashamed that Boehner is from my state. At least I have the satisfaction of knowing I didn't vote for him.

I left the republican party because of the neocon policies of Cheney and Limbaugh. This isn't real conservatism. Back in my day the republican party stood for real conservative principles of limited government, non-interventionism, and respect for privacy. Thanks to the neocon leaders and their cheerleaders of the Bush years the GOP has become indistinguishable from the democrats by becoming big government spenders themselves, only paying lip service to conservatism, while not actually practicing any of its tenets. I will only return to the GOP when they've thrown these hijackers out and returned to real conservatism!
Ron Paul 2012!

if you folks think that Limbaugh/Hannity/Coulter are helping the Republican's party cause, then you are probably a little delusional. These folks have marginalized the party, and driven out tons of right-center voters. I believe that the reason McCain lost was because he abandoned his maverick role, and tried (along with that moron Palin) to appeal to the conservative base. The guy didn't realize that he got the nomination only because he was a moderate Republican, and he abandoned all this, and went right-wing nutjob on us. Hence his loss. So, if you're a right wing crackpot, then I'm sorry for youl

WHY isnt Limbaugh in JAIL? He got busted for drugs.. believe me, if I did that or YOU did that.. we would be in jail.. Cheney and him should share a cell!

I'm amazed at most of these comments. Seems like most of these comments come from the typical left, Hate and intolerance for any view but their own.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, Cheney, Limbaugh, Gingrich, or Wanda Skyes and Janeane Garofalo................I think I'll stick with the first group.

Is he stupid?

What planet is Boehner on? Personally as a Democract, I hope this ridiculous discourse continues.

As a republican that voted democrat last election, Rush Limbaugh must go. He is DISGRACE every time he opens his mouth.

There are 2 main reasons I no longer consider myself a republican: Palin and Limbaugh. Also, republicans claim to be pro-capitalism and pro-Christianity, but at the same time the advocate policy that benefits business at the expense of the rest of the population (corporate welfare, bailouts under the bush administration, protectionism, and the list goes on and on) and privatized health care. What would Jesus do? Feed the hungry, care for and comfort the sick and dying, etc. Not to mention the vast spillover benefits associated w/ a healthy population, which gives justification for smart, efficient government regulation. Of course, this conversation requires a formal education in economics, something that most republicans don't understand.

I disagree. Cheney should be in jail waiting for a war crimes trial and Rush has burned his brain from too many drugs. They are hurting the Republicans and are both a sore upon this nation.

Love this! Lumbug and Cheney are extremists who need to keep talking and showing how outrageous they truly are.

On one hand we have Cheney who should be in jail over the lies that caused America to go into Iraq. He now has the blood of thousands of people on his ugly hands. This is the same chicken who didn't serve in our armed forces! Keep talking Dickie Boy!

Now we have Lumbug....this drug addict has grown more outrageous and has turned off many of his followers who now see him for what he truly is.....a man who would have fit in as another Herman Goering. Hell he even looks like Herman! I bet he even goosesteps in time to Wagner!

Keep talking gentlemen!

Liberal Democrat.

I agree with Congressman Boehner. Keep the Right Wingers out front for the Repugs. Let the American people continue to see how narrow they are in vision.

I can see now that the 2010 elections will be great for the Democratic Party.

Okay. If believing this makes you warm and fuzzy, then, okay.

Why do the left-wingers get so worked up about Limbaugh and Cheney speaking out? Is it because they genuinely want to help the GOP reclaim their power? Anyone who believes this is a fool. If Limbaugh and Cheney were causing harm to the Republican cause, the left would ENCOURAGE them to continue. Why do they do the opposite? Because they are AFRAID of these opinions and want them silenced. If you can't understand something so simple, you are incapable of independent thought.

Limbaugh and Cheney are helping the GOP....... pack their things and leave the building.

Boehner is just one more party hack who puts party, party, party ahead of country, ahead of the quality of ideas, and ahead of the character and quality of people. Republicans are always correct. Republicans must triumph. Republicans never have any problems. Party - and especially party image - uber alles.

What do you mean helping the GOP? He's the one that got us into IRAQ and then lied about it. There is zero trust there. GOP is dead.

As a Democrat, I am glad that the Republicans believe that Rush and Newt and Dick are not hurting their image.

The Democrats could not buy advertising this effective!!!

Boehner states “If we’re going to show the American people that we’ve got a better way forward, having a chorus of voices out there, I think is helpful to our effort."
If the ideas of Cheney, Limbaugh and Gingrich are their better way, then I'll take my chance on Obama and other people of intelligence!

Sorry, but that's delusional nonsense. Keep thinking that way, GOP, and lose more members and relevancy.

Btw, there's no "a" in Boehner. LOL

"A chorus of voices" claiming the GOP have "a better way forward"???
The Republicans are a deluded bunch are they not? The highly devisive chorus that the base are listening to has done nothing to advance the cause other than continue the rhetoric of "no" and oppose anything the Obama administration is putting forward.

For them to claim a better way forward, they need to begin a dialogue that does not include the phrases "our children and grandchildren", "our plan is better", or "bi-partisanship", as these phrases continue to provide sustenance to the eroding message that has been put forth since the election.

Why are the republicans so desperately trying to make Nancy Pelosi out to be the bad guy? It was their president gwb and vice pres cheyney who broke the law and ordered the torture. Who cares what Nancy knew or didn't know? She wasn't running the country and let's not lose sight of who really was ruining this country. BTW how did bush and cheyney's policies keep us safe from 911?

They are agents of the Democratic Party.

please keep talking cheney. i love it when you incriminate yourself on a daily basis

At this point, NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY HURT the Republican Party ....They are already at the bottom!

Manipulating public opinion?
Totally disagree with Mr. Boehmer...they are castrating the Republican party , for sure....

Continue to bash the GOP and stereotype us as rich white bigots. Every time a liberal says that we grow in strength and numbers.

Democrats, the ice is melting right under your feet (and it's not from global warming)!

@John Hufnagel -

Fanatics? Are you kidding me? You're forgetting about Reid, Pelosi...Emanuel....Solis...and all the other tax cheating cronies...let's not forget about the king himself; the problem with liberals is they latch on to misinformation, and when they try to polarize others into their misguided realities....well, the result is often posts from lost souls .....

The entire Republican Party needs a reality check. Their entire philosophy seems to be centered on demonizing Speaker Pelosi while seemingly ignoring illegal torture.

As a conservative independent, I think all four of these guys are hurting the party. New blood is needed. For all of you who mentioned Bush in your comments, you are deeply troubled with your hatred.

Hey Boner...until the GOP jettisons Cheney, Limbaugh, Gingrich and others, your party will be on the losing end.

It's just not possible to pick up a turd by the clean end, now is it.

The current GOP is the turd...

Hey Repub moderates, control your nut jobs! Yea, you might be amussed, but the other 80% of us are tired of the carnival show.

Cheney, Limbaugh, Gingrich – they know what Americans really believe. They know that the public's infatuation with Obama will eventually wear off, as Americans realize how different his policies are from their core values.

Boehner says: Cheney, Limbaugh, Gingrich not hurting GOP... Really? Are you sure? I'm pretty sure that your party is divided, lost members, and is falling apart. Maybe Boehner thinks that way because he is part of the dividers...the GOP that are dividing their party. Another reason I changed parties this year.

I strongly disagree with the Congressman. These individuals are one of several reasons why I cannot again vote for a Republican for any political office. And, I DID vote Republican in prior Presidential Elections.

Of course their not hurting the Republicans, they were already dead those Idiots are just helping to bury them.. Morons

Newt Gingrich was a disgrace for the party, full of scandals during his career as a house speaker.
Dick Cheney is a war criminal and should be in jail.
Rush LImbaugh is a totally lunatic
If these 3 bone heads are the voice of Republicans, you won't be seeing this party back in the power for the next 100 years

After Obama puts us into bankruptsy it won't matter who was speaking for who.

I beg to disagree. These fanatics are slowly killing the Republican party. I used to consider myself a Rockefeller Republican. Now it appears that I'm more of a Specter Democrat.
The two party system is slowly poisoning America. Few politicians feel the need to compromise, and most clearly place the good of the party before the good of the nation.

Let's make Newt Gingrich the spokesman for GOP social policy, like Sanctity of Marriage (how many times, Newt?)...The Republican principles to which Boehner refers are the same people, same stuff that got us into the mess we're in today.

“Having these voices out there, it doesn’t hurt us, it helps us,” Boehner told CNN’s John King on State of the Union when asked about former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.

Boehner,
Have you personally listened to any of these "helpers"? Add Sean Hannity, Fox News, Ann Coulter, Neil Boortz, etc., to the list, then appear on John King's show to re-state your observation/position.

If the Republican party continues to choose these "helpers" all of the Republican messages will be filled with hate.

Torturer Cheny, druggie limp d–k Limbaugh, GOP alley cat Gingrich now on his third wife are examples of why the GOP has to go to the extreme to let a tanning booth [advertisement ] like Bohner get into the position that he holds show the lack of decay in the GOP . What a group of losers, and they hope to regain some type of dignity in politics. GOOD LUCK!!!!!! you will probably lose twenty more house seats and five more Senate seats in 2010. Keep up the good work

Until these proven losers of the old guard and their bile-and-venom strategy are put out to pasture, the Republican party will be a zombie, dead but still moving around.

The first thing the Republicans need to develop is the ability to see people who disagree with them as neighbors, Americans, and colleagues, not traitors, unAmericans, socialists, terrorist-siders, and all the other overblown hate that too many of them actually have taken to heart. Sadly, the Democrats are falling into this slobber themselves.

Next, they need to create a set of actual ideas, because at the moment the only idea they have is "liberals are evil."

Finally, they need to ditch these hideous carnival freaks like Limbaugh, Coulter, Palin, Gingrich, and Cheney.

OR . . . . . a new moderate party is going to come along and leave the Republicans a permanent minority party of hate-and poison extremist fundamentalist "real conservatives." This option would be best for America, but sadly, it is unlikely to happen.

This shows how "out of touch" John(Boner) Boehner is. He actually thinks the American People WANT to see or hear from "THE THREE EVIL STOOGES" !!! The Republican Party will never become relevent again until they abandon their failed policies, distance themselves from the "Radical Evangelical Right", admit they caused our current "Economic Nightmare", and, most of all, START HELPING TO FIX THEIR MESS !!!

Sometimes I wonder what planet these guys really are from.

It's not the style, it's the content.

Can you believe this guy. This character is just as dangerous as Cheney, Bush and Limbo. I mean i hope that the average American people dont believe this guy. Lets see here; Right radicals lied for 8 years and their still yet lying. Boy; the Dems is got their job cut out for themselves. America and its indepedant people sees right through these guys. Mr. Obama had better stick with the truth; if he wants to be elected for another 4 years, because if you have got congress lying along with a president, surley the American people will vote these characters out of office come next election. I believe it is time to vote all of them out and vote new ones in, because the ones we got in there now does not know how to run a country. Right wingers; could it be greed; left wingers; could it be immorals.

Boehner is clueless, except maybe about spray on tans. Does he also think it's a good idea for his party to get together and waste time re-naming the Democratic Party. I never realized how little the Republican Party actually cares for the people they represent, and apparently the people who keep voting for them haven't realized it yet. It's shameful. But if he thinks these idiots out there with their tongues wagging week after week is a good thing, I'm all for it.

Has been's all!

“If we’re going to show the American people that we’ve got a better way forward, having a chorus of voices out there, I think is helpful to our effort,” added the Ohio Republican

So where is the new budget the Republicans promised last week...that 17 page coloring book isn't really it is it?

wow, Boehner really doesn't have a clue.

I'm not sure that House Minority Leader John Boehner gets it yet. If he thinks that VP Dick Cheney's continually pointing out how the past administration ha made this country safer at the same time that revelations that the pentagon was hacked into over a 2 year period and information was stolen that could jeopardize American security is not hurting the GOP's creditbility he is wrong. He thinks that Americans will not have noticed that the size of the Federal Government increased two fold with the creation of the Office of Homeland Security in stark contrast to the GOP plank of a smaller government, he is wrong.

If he thinks that the GOP trying to re-brand itself as an inclusive organization at the same time that Rush is excluding those 'different voices' from the party is helpful, he is wrong. If he thinks that the GOP can call for less intrusive government at the same time it wants to be involved in at the federal level in State Marriages and backdoor loopholes around abortion, he is wrong.

The credibility of being the fiscal responsible party is in contrast with the actions of the last 8 years. The creditability of the whole nation is now at question, internationally, with the disclosure of the waterboarding practices that lead to the faulty information which in turn lead to this ongoing billion dollar a month war in Iraq. This was GOP's doing and there needs to be unity within the party.

Oh now c'mon !!!!! Does anyone really believe that House Minority Leader John Boehner would condemn the actions of President Dick Cheney, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh?

If he did the Democrats would capitalize on it and it would create more in-fighting amongst the Republicans.

As a democrat i hope u ane those other idiots never shut up. u r making this too easy 4 obama and 4 that the rest of da world thaks u.

I'm sorry but if this were the case, you'd have a lot more people being a proud conservative rather than leaving it. They should really test this theory, take cheney and rush out of the picture and put Colin as the voice of conservatives. We'll see if it makes a difference.

Cheney, Limbaugh, Gingrich not hurting GOP, Boehner says: What a comment. Why was Lil Bush including in this list. Of course these people would hurt any party. They are nothing but, liars, drugheads, backshooters and one Ginrich has already been thrown out of their party. Why should anyone in a barnyar full chickens barefooted listen to their crap.

bULL of course the MSM again rolls over to have the republicans rub their tummies. I can not for the life of me understand, with all the crap the republicans have done, how they have ruined the economy, send millions and millions of jobs overseas and made our name the scrouge of the world, how in the world could the press still follow them and kiss butt.

Obama is crazy if he bails the newspapers out. They are all republican owned and they just want to be bailed out so they can continue to slam and lie about the democrats. ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH

All you heard when bush was appointed by the supreme court and the people wanted an investigation, was get over it you lost. WELL OBAMA WON, HE WON BY GETTING THE MOST VOTES. He won by people really truly voting for him. So republicans get over it and shut up.

And this is me, who did not vote for Obama and thought Hillary would have made a better president. But he is in the white house now and it is time the republicans shut the heck up.

Whew! I thought he might take this chance to denounce the head of the Party of NO, limbaugh, but, we Dems are still safe he still the head of the snake, I mean party.

Gringrich's 1994 message? Yeah a 15 old message that's just the ticket!

These clowns will nevver learn, so it is "Dems for Decades"!

good ol boys play together and sleep together .. Boehner needs to go back to the people that voted him into office ..he may find out they do not agree with him at all.

what a finger pointing jerk.. I am ashamed of people like him .

and CNN is really looking more like FOX news

I understand why . because fox is loosing its base of people watching the crap show. business is business . CNN will pickup a large group of listeners.

They most cetainly are. When Cheney sides with the over weight, bigoted, hate spewing, pill poping Limbaugh over the gracious, honest, sincere man who fought in Nam? Spare me!

Boy, is he out of touch with reality.

Do not forget, the "Contract with America" failed because Gingrich and co. didn't follow through with any of the agreements. They lied to gain power in congress.

It works both ways. The GOP can just as easily be asked to show proof Pelosi is lying as it is for Pelosi to show proof she is truthful. Why not just lay the evidence out once and for all? Then the public will know.

LOL, yeah, right....

This shows how "out of touch" John Boehner is. He thinks people WANT to see or hear from these THREE EVIL STOOGES ! ! ! The Republican Party will not become relevant again until they abandon their failed policies, distance themselves from the "radical right", admit they were the cause of our Economic Nightmare, and START helping to fix it ! ! !

No your right you guys are fine. That is if you don't mind turning the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower into an exclusive club of idiots that is 2 miles deep and 1/2 inch wide.