Republican House chairman gavels out every Dem in this video

[Hippo_Tron]

6. The problem is that Boehner has zero control over his caucus

The majority of the majority policy as a general guideline (not an actual rule) is not unreasonable. BUT the flip side is that if you're going to follow that guideline as Speaker, you'd damn better be able to convince a majority of your caucus to accept a deal that you negotiate with an opposing White House. Otherwise, the President has absolutely no reason to even bother negotiating with you, since he can just sit back and watch your caucus disintegrate into chaos.

Newt during his tenure ultimately overreached and made some stupid tactical errors making comments about sitting on the back of Air Force One. But he at least had the ability to pull his caucus back from the brink. Boehner can't pull back from the brink, unless the rank and file are secretly okay with another CR passed with mostly Democratic votes. But if a shutdown actually happens, I can't imagine that will be the case.