It's civil war now: Chamber of Commerce will primary House Republicans

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/24/1405423/-It-s-civil-war-now-Chamber-of-Commerce-will-primary-House-Republicans

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is ready to try to take out House Republican hard-liners who have been getting in their way, Politico reports.

The group’s apparent new willingness to engage in hand-to-hand political combat to take out sitting Republicans would represent a major shift for the business community, which has largely shied away from targeting sitting lawmakers. […]

The theory is simple: The Chamber spent some $70 million in 2014, mostly to help Senate Republicans build their majority. But many of their legislative priorities—immigration reform, the renewal of the Export-Import Bank and a long-term highway bill—have been held up by a clutch of conservative lawmakers in the House.

International Franchise Association President and CEO Steve Caldeira, who is a member of the Chamber’s public affairs committee, said the group is going to stay "maniacally focused" on what made it very successful in the 2014 election cycle.

"The fact that there are still members of the Republican House that are obstructionist, isolationists that would be willing to shut down the government only reinforces that the Chamber and the business community, for that matter, will double down on this winning formula," Caldeira said. "I believe they are going to continue to be involved early in candidate recruitment to find candidates that have the willingness to run, the courage to govern once they get to D.C., and hopefully work in a bipartisan manner to get things done."

[napi21]

1. Am I missing something, or is the Chamber really AGAINST the Tea Party

obstructionists? WOW! It looks like Pus just might fix the problem they created, all by themselves!

[KT2000]

2. Well - isn't this something

This puts them up against the Koch brothers.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, eridani.

[pampango]

4. "many of their legislative priorities—immigration reform, the renewal of the Export-Import Bank and

and a long-term highway bill—have been held up by a clutch of conservative lawmakers in the House."

Who could possibly have foreseen this happening? You fund right wing idiots then they act like right wing idiots!

[TheKentuckian]

5. Again demonstrating that if you want a functional and sane country the Turd Way is about as

far right as your governing right can be.

You just can't have a radical regressive governing party at all and if you do your "progressive" party sure as hell cannot be trying to "meet them in the middle" of as far right as a functioning government much less a democracy can handle and batshit insane delusional because you still end up deep in Crazytown.