Obama should go to Hawaii, leave Boehner in charge  Jan 8 2013 -
2:15pm  Republican House Speaker John Boehner, who started the
fiscal cliff negotiations with a grand compromise offer, got as
much as poked in the eye by President Barack Obama, and it
didn't stop there. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called him
a dictator, his own House Republicans betrayed him and New
Jersey Gov. Chris Christie shamefully slammed him on another
issue.  The old saying that no good deed goes unpunished would
seem to fit, only that is inadequate when you consider the
enormity of what this country faces. It's far more than the
automatic tax hikes and defense cuts that were averted by a
last-minute deal, but a debt threat that could turn this country
upside down if nothing serious gets done. And nothing serious is
getting done because, in Washington, ego, corruption and
ideology are definitively in charge.  Obama has plenty of ego.
He wanted Boehner to know that Mr. Greatness won the
presidential election, he would decide what