John Boehner is the Speaker of the House of Representatives, would be a better alternative

Income of twists and turns, turning New Year's Day game in accordance with the laws of the cliff may be surprised, it passed the House of Representatives passed a strong 257-167 margin. In fact, it is suspected that the bill would not be easily passed by the House of Representatives. Speaker John Boehner what doubt is whether it will get a ticket. The conservative a bill, according to their own preferences, is expected to replace the pressure on him.

Finally, Boehner do the right thing: an important national priority piece of the house, most of the behind should be a vote. Keep the final vote, otherwise foolproof appease conservatives abuse rules. Unfortunately, this type of system - to maintain business as usual in Congress these days, but, Boehner does not carry the practice of suicide, at least a little knowledge.

Unfortunately, the parties agreed to, will continue in his Republican colleagues to leave him there is a certain risk. Only 84 House Republicans a bill to extend the Bush tax cuts tax-free, more than 98% support for Boehner to attend - 150 - this is a much larger number of votes. Today, to choose their own leaders in Congress, members of the House of Representatives, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tested to meet and conservative revenue - cliff vote against the compromise, Speaker Boehner is expected to challenge.

Compromise, and willing to glue a systematic process, Congress spent ideological purity, Cantor would be a bad choice. The United States is a cooperative manner is more like Boehner prevailed, and the Tea Party extremists key mandate of the Committee should continue its recent efforts.

At 63, Boehner remains somewhat mysterious man. He grew up with 11 siblings in a two-bedroom house in Cincinnati and said some kind of pay-as-you-go conservatism through his 22-year career, House. But, as the GOP galloped away to the right, hugging all-or-nothing approach to tax issues of arms control, Boehner is the perpetrator and the victim. He was able to gain a lot of power against the Tea Party wing of the GOP, hampering its efforts to achieve a career limitations "great bargain" with President Obama, reaching historic spending cuts in exchange for higher taxes having.