Republicans Forced to Do The Right Thing, WTF

Republicans are writing the 2012 election ads for Democrats.

A beaten and dazed John Boehner responding to questions from reporters today said, “We have fought the good fight…. Why not do the right thing for the American people even though it’s not exactly what we want.”

This little tidbit came after the spin that Republicans were fighting for the right things, fighting to give us all tax cuts for a year (funded by spending cuts rather than a small tax increase on the 1% and loaded with poison pills), and that they have finally come to an agreement. We are to assume that they wanted the long-term extension (but only on their terms) but for some reason, suddenly changed their mind.

Of course, Boehner had already agreed to the Senate-passed short-term agreement and only when the Tea Party caucus balked did he back out of his agreement. The truth is that Boehner was forced to do the right thing for the American people.