Where are Boehner and Cantor?

[ProSense]

Not a peep since the S&P action.

WSJ

9:15 pm Politicians Begin to Weigh Inby Matthew RoseAdd a Comment S&P laid a lot of blame at the feet of Washington’s “weakened” political institutions in its downgrade bill of indictment, chiding their unpredictability and lack of effectiveness. Well, members of said institutions are beginning to weigh in, and not surprisingly, they’re using the event to buttress their pre-existing political positions.

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Nothing yet from the congressional leadership. A spokesman for Rep. Eric Cantor, the House GOP majority leader, declined to comment Friday night.

[Armstead]

1. Sitting on a beach at some posh resort, as a reward from their corporate backers?

Just a wild guess. I can picture John and Eric kicking back under a cabana sipping rum cokes with cute escorts rubbing their backs, supplied by the Koch brothers as a reward for a job well done.

[valerief]

2. Vacation in Dubai? nt

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Cantor and Boehner can't make it today

They're still nursing hangovers.

[liberal N proud]

4. In seclusion

They will not show their faces until the talking points are all worked out after the market crashes on Monday.

[Mass]

5. Not sure for Cantor, but Boehner spoke since. Put the blame on Obama.

[ProSense]

6. Do you have a link to Boehner's comments? The only thing I found

is this

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) wants Timothy Geithner to resign as secretary of the Treasury, according to an aide to the GOP leader.

Boehner has called on Geithner to step down before, but an aide to Boehner reaffirmed Saturday morning that the Speaker wants Geithner to leave.

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[Mass]

7. Here

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/801-economy/175745-boehner-blames-democrats
and

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/175769-boehner-wants-geithner-out-of-the-center-of-the-economic-storm

[ProSense]

8. Thanks

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“Republicans have listened to the voices of the American people and worked to bring the spending binge to a halt," he said in a statement. "Unfortunately, decades of reckless spending cannot be reversed immediately, especially when the Democrats who run Washington remain unwilling to make the tough choices required to put America on solid ground.

"It is my hope this wake-up call will convince Washington Democrats that they can no longer afford to tinker around the edges of our long-term debt problem," he added.

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Evidently, he's going to continue toeing the teabaggers' line.

[11 Bravo]

9. Here's Boehner's statement from the Speaker's website:

http://www.speaker.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=255341

[ProSense]

10. Thanks. “In May, I warned,

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“In May, I warned, ‘if we don't act boldly now, the markets will act for us very soon.’ It is my hope this wake-up call will convince Washington Democrats that they can no longer afford to tinker around the edges of our long-term debt problem. As S&P noted, reforming and preserving our entitlement programs is the ‘key to long-term fiscal sustainability.’

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What a guy!

In April, Boehner asked how much time he had to screw around before doing serious, lasting damage to the U.S.

[WhiteTara]

11. Nursing hangovers and having their mid day kochtail. n/t