Boehner Plan: Keep Party Unified A While Longer Before Its Position Collapses

     From the New York Times:


The overarching problem for the man at the center of the budget fight [Boehner],
say allies and opponents, is that he and his leadership team have no
real idea how to resolve the fiscal showdown.



They are only trying to survive another day, Republican strategists say,
hoping to maintain unity as long as possible so that when the
Republican position