On Tuesday night, a budget deal that would not only keep the government open but also raise the debt ceiling through 2017 was introduced on the House floor. Outgoing speaker of the House John Boehner, who was part of the small team that negotiated the compromise, called it a "good deal" given the alternatives. Incoming speaker of the House Paul Ryan said the deal "stinks," adding: "This is not not the way to do the people's business."
If you could see me right now, I would be rolling my eyes. Why? Because Boehner and Ryan are pulling the oldest trick in the book: The good cop/bad cop routine.
Boehner knows that the only way Ryan will have any chance of succeeding is if he's not constantly operating under the threat of a government shutdown or defaulting on the nation's credit card bills. Boehner also knows he is a short-timer -- he's set to formally resign on Friday -- so it doesn't really matter if the tea party wing of the GOP conference, represented by the Freedom Caucus, hates him. They already hate him -- and are one of the big reasons that he isn't staying in his current job. Boehner has already heard all of the things the right says about him -- sellout, traitor and so on and so forth -- and knows none of it matters where he's going.
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