Boehner: 'Republican's are Losing Patience'

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner stirred it up a bit over the weekendwhen he told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, "unless progress isevident in Iraq by early fall, many Republican lawmakers would begin losingpatience." Deadlines and benchmarks are ok as long as they come fromthe republicans or the Bush administration?

The biggest news from the Sunday talk shows was probably the declarationof doubt by the Republican leader of the House, Representative John Boehner,about whether his fellow Republican lawmakers would continue to supportPresident Bush on Iraq if no progress is evident by early autumn.

Itseems some of the holdouts are stepping up to them plate and finally openingtheir mouths. Maybe their conscience got to them, maybe their friends and peers,or maybe even The Family Dinner Table. Either way, they are distancingthemselves from the future Bush legacy which will most likely be a chorus ofcrickets.

Related article at The Washington Post: Aweekly roundup of the buzz from the Sunday talk shows

The fulltranscript of Bohner's interview on Fox News Sunday at Crooks& Liars , and a thank you to C & L for the video.

Boehner on Fox News Sunday

Comments

[George]

I'm pretty sure this is total BS. Check out this blog: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/6/204133/3506

Well, it's been 84 days since Boehner told Russert he'd go to the president and say it hasn't worked. And it's actually been 92 days since Boehner said we'd know in 90 days.

So what does Boehner say today?

"We don't even have all of the 30,000 additional troops in Iraq yet. And so we're supporting the president. ... By the time we get to September, October, members are going to want to know how well this is working, and if it isn't,what's Plan B," Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) said on "Fox News Sunday."

September? October? What's that? 120-150 days from now? That's 120-150 days after the end of the 90 days Boehner said it would take?

[George]

For all you Seinfeld fans out there:

"how long till we get out of Iraq?"

"Ah...bout 5, 10 minute"

20 minutes later:

"how long till we get out of Iraq?"

"Ah...bout 5, 10 minute"