At the last GOP conference meeting of the two-week government shutdown, no lawmakers went to the microphones to give their take.
Instead,
after Speaker John Boehner told Republicans they had “fought the good
fight,” they all rose up to offer a standing ovation. “It was one of the
easiest meetings we’ve ever had,” says Representative Mick Mulvaney of
South Carolina.
“I think he has strengthened his position in
leadership,” Representative John Fleming says about Boehner. “He hung in
there with us. He’s been reluctant to go to these fights and now that
we have stood up and fought for our values and he’s been there with us,
leading, I think his stock has risen tremendously. He has great security
as our leader and our speaker.”
The message from Boehner and majority leader Eric Cantor was unity, with warnings not to point fingers of blame.
“Everyone in this room ran on the Republican ticket,” Cantor told colleagues.
“We all agree Obamacare is an abomination. We all agree taxes are too
high. We all agree spending is too high. We all agree Washington is
getting in the way of job growth. We all agree we have a real debt
crisis that will cripple future generations. We all agree on these
fundamental conservative principles. . . . We must not confuse tactics
with principles. The differences between us are dwarfed by the
differences we have with the Democratic party, and we can do more for
the American people united,” he told them.
Walking out of the
meeting to the throng of reporters, the conservatives kept to that
script, but the moderates drew their knives out for the Right.
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