Bob Beckel on Fox News correctly notes John Boehner wants the same things Democrats want, and if more Boehner picks get elected to the House, he "could finally do the job he wants to do" and pass more Democrat priorities

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10/30/14, "Watch: Bob Beckel Hopes GOP Picks Up at Least 12 House Seats," Breitbart TV

"Thursday on Fox News Channel's "The Five," liberal political pundit Bob Beckel said he hopes the GOP will take at least 12 seats back in the House of Representatives in next week's midterm election because he theorized that would free up House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) from having to deal with the Tea Party caucus, which Beckel said was "bad for the country."

Beckel said, "I almost wish the Republicans would pick up 12 seats in the house, 

which is what the margin would be

to get them away from those fruit cakes 

and Boehner could finally run his caucus and 

do the job that he wants to do

which is to find common ground on some things. You leave those people with just the margin they have, and from the time they have been elected, they have been stifling every serious piece of legislation or  

making it so impossible that it can't be passed by Democrats."

"If you get rid of the chains of those people and let them go caucus in South Hampton or something, but get them out of here. They're a waste of time. They're bad for the country. They're bad for the country," he added."

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Comment: In Nov. 2012 no one was happier than John Boehner when Obama was re-elected and the Tea Party was silenced. Boehner immediately told remaining GOP House members that their party lost the election badly, the country had spoken, it was time to quiet down and let Boehner compromise with democrats as he'd been trying to do. Following from NPR and NY Times:

NPR rejoices in Boehner-Obama 2012 victory:
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12/8/2012, “Once Boxed-In, Boehner May Finally Be Master Of The House,” NPR, Frank James

"In a paradoxical way, Obama's re-election victory coupled with congressional Democrats adding to their numbers 

may have helped Boehner. 

Some of those wins came at the expense of the Tea Party, the conservative movement whose affiliated House members have been very willing to stand up to Boehner....

'Somewhat Unprecedented' Reversal...

"It is somewhat unprecedented, though, to see speakers starting off their tenure at a severe disadvantage and then cementing their power later, 

which appears to be happening right now with Boehner
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"Usually the pattern in recent decades is the opposite, where a new speaker has strong support, a broad base of good will and then, later, they start to see problems within their party and their power starts to dissipate. [Newt] Gingrich is a classic example of that.""...


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In Nov. 2012, NY Times had the inside scoop on Boehner's first conference call with his members after Obama's re-election. The message was the GOP lost, Boehner must be left in peace to compromise with Democrats as he's been trying to do. NY Times notes "some" elected GOP "latched on" to their own election, suggesting they served both their voters and Obama in a "dual mandate":

11/10/2012, “Boehner Tells House G.O.P. to Fall in Line,” NY Times, by Jonathan Weisman and Jennifer Steinhauer

“On a conference call with House Republicans a day after the party’s electoral battering last week, Speaker John A. Boehner dished out some bitter medicine, and for the first time in the 112th Congress, most members took their dose.

Their party lost, badly, Mr. Boehner said, and while Republicans would still control the House and would continue to staunchly oppose tax rate increases as Congress grapples with the impending fiscal battle, they had to avoid the nasty showdowns that marked so much of the last two years.

Members on the call, subdued and dark, murmured words of support — even a few who had been a thorn in the speaker’s side for much of this Congress.

It was a striking contrast to a similar call last year, when Mr. Boehner tried to persuade members to compromise with Democrats on a deal to extend a temporary cut in payroll taxes, only to have them loudly revolt.
 
With President Obama re-elected and Democrats cementing control of the Senate, Mr. Boehner will need to capitalize on the chastened faction of the House G.O.P. that wants to cut a deal to avert sudden tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts in January that could send the economy back into recession. After spending two years marooned between the will of his loud and fractious members and the Democratic Senate majority, the speaker is trying to assert control, and many members seem to be offering support.

“To have a voice at the bargaining table, John Boehner has to be strong,” said Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma, one of the speaker’s lieutenants.  

“Most members were just taught a lesson that you’re not going to get everything that you want. It was that kind of election.”...
 
Some Republican members appear ready to accede.

“The election was a wake-up call,” said one veteran Republican in the House. For many members, “everyone they knew hated Obama....And then we lost.”...

Even so, some Republicans have issued a stern warning to Mr. Boehner that he cannot expect their votes if he makes a deal with Democrats before seeking their consent. “What we’ve seen in the past is the speaker goes, negotiates with the president, and just before we vote, he tells us what the deal is and attempts to persuade us to vote for it,” said Representative John Fleming, Republican of Louisiana. “We’re just not very happy with deals being baked, then we’re asked to stay with the team and support the speaker.” 
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Given those conflicting demands, Mr. Boehner must decide whether he wants to seal his role as an essential player in a grand plan to restructure the nation’s fiscal condition, or continue the status quo....
  

Some House Republicans have latched on to their own re-elections to claim a dual mandate.  

“The message from this election for me seems to be, ‘You guys keep going,’ ” said Representative James Lankford of Oklahoma.... I was elected by my district to represent their values. I really don’t approach this and say, Now I’ve got to cave to what the Senate or president want.”"...

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More: Boehner and the GOP E have happily neutered the two party system:

9/17/13, "The Obama-Boehner Project," Angelo M. Codevilla, libertylawsite.org 

"These heads of our ruling class’Democratic and Republican branches made plans with reference only to the ruling class’ priorities, and assumed that the rest of America would be too stupid or too awed to object....

The Republican Party owes its majority in the House of Representatives – and John Boehner his speakership thereof – to the American people’s dislike of Obamacare. Because the US Constitution is explicit that the US government may expend only funds appropriated by Congress, Obamacare has existed strictly at the sufferance of the House leadership since that majority took office in January 2011. But John Boehner and his chosen band have thwarted the majority of Republican congressmen’s desire to use the constitutional power they have to refuse to appropriate money for Obamacare. In this, Boehner &co. have worked in bipartisan coordination with the ruling class, including the media, including Fox News....

The ruling class’ foolishness and insincerity, its willingness to insult the American people’s intelligence, are no joke. But we can take comfort in its transparent ineptitude."
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More: GOP leadership has merged into the UniParty. Democrat priorities prevail at all times:

12/15/13,  "Breaking the UniParty," Angelo M. Codevilla

"The Republican Party’s leaders have functioned as junior members of America’s single ruling party, the UniParty. Acting as the proverbial cockboat in the wake of the Democrats’ man-of-war, they have 

made Democratic priorities their own  

when the White House and the Congress

were in the hands of Republicans as well as in those of Democrats, and when control has been mixed. 

The UniParty, the party of government, the party of Ins, continues to consist of the same people. The Outs are always the same people too:  

American conservatives. They don’t have a party.

Whatever differences exist within the Uniparty, between Republican John Boehner and Democrat Nancy Pelosi, between Republican Mitch McConnell and Democrat Harry Reid, get worked out behind closed doors. Those differences are narrow....

The UniParty is unanimous: more of the same!
 
Hence, so long as the Uniparty exists, mere voters will have no way of affecting what the government does."...


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Comment: It's fine if Boehner or any GOP prefers democrat views. That's not the point. The point is with only one functioning political party 300 million people have no voice. They're to turn their wages over to their superiors and ask no questions. As in third world countries.




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