Republican Leaders, Conservative Groups Show Signs Of Political Divorce

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Republican Leaders, Conservative Groups Show Signs Of Political Divorce

By DONNA CASSATA at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/16/conservative-groups_n_4454791.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Increasingly in public, Boehner and McConnell are challenging the outside groups' credibility — and complaining that they are the ones tarnishing conservatism.

But it goes both ways.

In the recent dust-up over the budget deal, the outside groups suspect that Boehner has a hidden motive. They suggest he's anxious to put economic fights in the rear-view mirror so he can tackle contentious immigration legislation early next year, before the first round of March primaries in Texas and Illinois.

The groups' suspicions were heightened by the recent high-profile budget success of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who favors a way out of the shadows for the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. in violation of the law, and in Boehner's hire of a Senate staffer who worked on bipartisan immigration legislation for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.




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[Liberal Veteran]

1. Even if they divorce, they'll still be friends with benefits. -nt

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2. Yeah. But will they reveal themselves to be as full of bs as they are in the process

of breaking up?