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...hasn't quite got Pelosi in checkmate; she's still essentially a governing queen to Obama's king. But the CIA fracas has presented Republicans with a rare crack in Pelosi's usually impervious armor. Some, including minority leader John Boehner, are demanding an investigation, while others, pointing to her 39% approval rating - about the level Newt Gingrich enjoyed when he was blowing up President Clinton's agenda during his first year as Speaker - suggest that in front of an open mike, she has become a liability to her party...
...outrage was predictably swift. "It's hard for me to imagine that anyone in our intelligence area would ever mislead a member of Congress," House minority leader John Boehner told reporters in a press conference immediately following the Speaker's. "When you look at the number of briefings that the Speaker was in, and other Democrat members of the House and Senate, it's pretty clear that they were well aware of what these enhanced interrogation techniques were, they were well aware that they had been used, and it seems to me that they want to have it both ways...
...Boehner, Rep. John • torture is accidentally referred to as "torture...
...leader of the opposition respond to all this? Speaking Sunday morning on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) had this to say about carbon emissions: “The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you’ve got more carbon dioxide...
...Hannity, Beck, and Cavuto were not the only high-profile participants at the tea parties; speakers included such partisan figures as former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner, Republican Louisiana Senator David Vitter, Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry, and former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey. FreedomWorks, a group founded by Armey, was one of the largest sponsors of the day’s events...