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TIME: So do you have a prediction about gaining back seats, taking back the House? Boehner: Oh, no, no, no. Let's just take this one day at a time...
TIME: Minority parties have tended to be invisible. How do you promote your agenda? Boehner: All you have to do is look at what happened over the last two years; we were hardly invisible. I think that we were the most effective minority party at least in the last 100 years in terms of what we were able to accomplish, whether it was in terms of stopping spending, the expansion of government-run health insurance, the big win that we had on lifting the ban on offshore drilling and drilling for oil and gas in the intermountain West...
TIME: The Blue Dog Democrats are also fiscal conservatives. Have you done any outreach to them on banding together on fiscal issues? Boehner: America is a center-right country...
TIME: Still? Boehner: Yes, no question about it. When you look at all the exit polling, Americans don't want bigger government; they don't want higher taxes. And frankly, I think the Congress is still a center-right Congress. And I do think there will still be some opportunities over the next two years to work with some of the more moderate Democrat members when it comes to the issues of spending and taxes...
TIME: In dealing with this economic crisis, do you think that tax cuts should be the Republicans' overarching response? Boehner: Absolutely. Growing the economy helps everyone. And it's a lot smarter than more money for food stamps or more money for Medicaid for the states, infrastructure projects that are maybe needed or not needed. At the end of the day, the American people and small businesses are able to make better decisions for their future if they're able to keep more of what they earn...