This is one of those times when breaking news can shed a little more light on the candidates. There has been quite different reactions among the candidates to the news that John Boehner is resigning. Unlike Patrick McGoohan's "Number 6", there really is no mystery as to why Boehner resigned--he was too accomodationist of the entire Obama agenda, be it funding ObamaCare, or the illegal amnesty, or now, in his final act, the subsidizing of abortions and the sale of baby parts.
Here's how Jeb Bush reacted, commenting in English on Twitter:
John Boehner dedicated his life to public service. Bringing the Holy Father to Congress was a fitting cap to a great career.
Wrong. He had a terrible career, participating in wracking up huge amounts of debt and enabling the Obama agenda. A symbolic visit from the Pope changed none of that. From his statement, it is clear that Jeb Bush quite liked Boehner's accomodationist policies.
Now here's how Ted Cruz reacted: He was hysterical with joy, actually joking about Boehner's demise and calling for other establishment politicians to get the boot.
"You want to know how much each of you terrify Washington?" Mr Cruz asked the audience of grassroots evangelical conservative at this annual conference. "Yesterday, John Boehner was Speaker of the House. Y'all come to town and somehow that changes."
"My only request," he quipped, "is, can you come more often?"
Clearly, he didn't agree with Bush that Boehner had performed some great "public service" by carrying the water for the Obama agenda.
Now as for Marco Rubio's reaction:
In a very serious tone, he said, "Speaker Boehner announced he will be resigning." And while the crowd cheered with joy, Marco, looking very uncomfortable, looked down and scowled. As the crowd kept cheering for several moments, he looked so upset like he was about to cry. Check out the video, especially around the 1:05 mark. It was as if, instead of being told that a political enemy was leaving the field, Marco had just discovered additional credit card debt he didn't know about.
Ben Carson gave a middle of the road reaction ...
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