{"id":43322,"date":"2014-07-02T12:35:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/02\/brer-boehner-please-dont-throw-me-in-that-briar-patch.html"},"modified":"2014-07-02T17:52:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T23:52:56","slug":"brer-boehner-please-dont-throw-me-in-that-briar-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/02\/brer-boehner-please-dont-throw-me-in-that-briar-patch.html","title":{"rendered":"Br&#39;er Boehner, please don&#39;t throw me in that briar patch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">I make it even money that we&#39;ll never see any such law suit filed &#8212; less than that if they can&#39;t do better than the NRSC&#39;s list.\ufeff<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='overflow:hidden;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mWaChm8USQeEtdeYrXS0TelcRyqJaVLJ7mzdtquEa0yIS4pG9UgOkM1gaunAC1JPMLtWtE1HW2Gkhv1dj8Tjqub2WdA=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/flipping-the-script-boehners-anti-obama-lawsuit'>Flipping the script on Boehner&#8217;s anti-Obama lawsuit<\/a><br \/>\n                                                In an unexpected twist, the White House seems more excited than Republicans to talk about the GOP&#8217;s anti-Obama lawsuit.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/3UZ2GcYtDhb' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I make it even money that we&#39;ll never see any such law suit filed &#8212; less than that if they can&#39;t do better than the NRSC&#39;s list.\ufeff Flipping the script on Boehner&#8217;s anti-Obama lawsuit In an unexpected twist, the White House seems more excited than Republicans to talk about the GOP&#8217;s anti-Obama lawsuit. 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