1. The hard-liners essentially want to use routine but critical pieces of must pass legislation to help secure ideological concessions from the White House (debt ceiling bills, government funding bills etc.).
2. The pragmatists say it is essentially unlikely that Obama will compromise on core issues in order to maintain the basic functions of government. If the republicans tried to use a strategy like that it would make them seem like a joke.
3. Paul Ryan wanted family time as well as relief from the traditional fundraising obligations. His other demands were the backing of all GOP subcaucuses and he wanted to curb the use of procedural motion. (He didn't really get his way with that last one)
4. He suggests that the relationship will be very similar to Boehner's relationship to the hardline conservatives, since he has not done a lot different, to set the relationship up differently beforehand.
5. Ryan will lose his credibility that he has built up for being a visionary. Over time, his covering for the timids' timidity will ruin what he has built up, and he may not seem like a big ideas guy anymore.
2. The pragmatists say it is essentially unlikely that Obama will compromise on core issues in order to maintain the basic functions of government. If the republicans tried to use a strategy like that it would make them seem like a joke.
3. Paul Ryan wanted family time as well as relief from the traditional fundraising obligations. His other demands were the backing of all GOP subcaucuses and he wanted to curb the use of procedural motion. (He didn't really get his way with that last one)
4. He suggests that the relationship will be very similar to Boehner's relationship to the hardline conservatives, since he has not done a lot different, to set the relationship up differently beforehand.
5. Ryan will lose his credibility that he has built up for being a visionary. Over time, his covering for the timids' timidity will ruin what he has built up, and he may not seem like a big ideas guy anymore.
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