Boehner: "At one point several weeks ago... the president said to me, 'We don't have a spending problem.' "

"They blame all of the fiscal woes on our health-care system." Boehner's repeated response to that was: "Clearly we have ...

"As the 113th Congress takes its place in the Capitol, John Boehner has been re-elected speaker of the House..."

With 200 votes, says email, just now, from CNN. Several conservative members of Boehner’s Republican caucus voted against him and others did...

"'Well-placed conservative voice' says Paul Ryan in line to replace Boehner."

Out with the old. In with the new. Meade says: "It's time for some hope and change."

"Does A Speaker Survive This?"/"Will Boehner’s speakership survive until Plan C?"

Talking Points Memo / Ezra Klein. Meme watch. Coming in from the left. ADDED: Here 's the presentation of the same material, from the ri...

Drudge features huge, horrible Pelosi laughing skull-face.

This is expressive: You have to click over to Drudge to get the real effect. The picture is huge. The link goes here .)

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee apologizes for saying Republicans had obtained "Chinese prostitution money."

The DCCC admits to making "unsubstantiated allegations," which "was wrong." (Note the grammatical correctness of the ve...

"Listen, we’re just politicians. I wasn’t elected to play God."

Said John Boehner: The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney. I’ll tell you this: 95 percent of the people ...

"I got 98 percent of what I wanted. I'm pretty happy."

Boehner.

Pelosi: Boehner "chose to go to the dark side."

"It’s time for us to end this theater of the absurd... It’s time for us to get real." That doesn't sound very civil. Or compro...

Rush Limbaugh: "The Tea Party is putting country before party."

"They can't be bought off with committee assignments or with campaign re-election funds. They can't be bought, and Washington c...

"It’s All Over but the Face-Saving?"

Says Nate Silver? The only real difference, instead, is that Mr. Boehner’s bill would require Congress to approve another increase in the de...

Mickey Kaus thinks it's "odd" that people aren't connecting “Obama” and “Boehner Plan” and “briar patch.”

He's got an argument that he thinks is so good, he's surprised no one has made it using the term "briar patch": [I]sn’t th...

"The White House is now on the sidelines."

I haven't felt like linking to David Brooks in a long time, but this column about Obama's negotiating on the debt is pretty useful:...

Obama spoke on the debt crisis again tonight, and Boehner spoke too.

I'd say Boehner won. Here are the President's remarks. His favorite word was compromise : ... I’ve told leaders of both parties tha...

Ezra Klein says the Republicans have won and now please can they stop?

Because "if they push it over the brink, they're likely to lose..." There you have it. Ezra says you've won, now stop winn...

"As I read the Constitution, the Congress writes the laws and you get to decide what you want to sign."

Boehner says he told Obama.

Boehner: "The deal was never reached, and was never really close."

"In the end we couldn’t connect. Not because of different personalities but because of different visions for our country."

"Boehner's Obama Gamble: A tax increase now for the promise of tax reform later won't fly."

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal editorial (before Boehner backed out ): Republicans would be putting their fingerprints on a tax increa...

Obama in long pants. Boehner in shorts. [CORRECTION ADDED: I got played by the NYT!]

Obama won the "Golf Summit." In my book. You've got a big photo-op golf game with the President of the United States? Wear pa...

House Republicans hire former Solicitor General Paul D. Clement to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.

After the Justice Department declined to defend it. Speaker Boehner wants to deduct the cost from money that would otherwise go to the Justi...