October 1, 2006 /

Inside Meltdown

Tomorrow’s Washington Post gives us the insight to the meltdown happening within the GOP over Foley: Republican insiders said Reynolds spoke out because he was angry that Hastert appeared willing to let him take the blame for the party leadership’s silence. A House GOP leadership aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear […]

Tomorrow’s Washington Post gives us the insight to the meltdown happening within the GOP over Foley:

Republican insiders said Reynolds spoke out because he was angry that Hastert appeared willing to let him take the blame for the party leadership’s silence.

A House GOP leadership aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of losing his job, said that Reynolds realizes he has taken a shot at his leader but that it is understandable.

“This is what happens when one member tries to throw another member under a bus,” the aide said.

That’s right – the House Republican leadership has screwed themselves, and they know it. They are looking for a fall guy, but the first one they picked won’t go down. Now the infighting is coming into the public light and it will only get worse. This is the news of October and will have an affect on the ballots in November.

Aravosis has coverage of tomorrow’s NYTimes, including Shays calling for leadership’s resignation if they knew about this.

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