Yes, i DO think he can piss off the tea partiers and still keep his job. They're numnbers and influence are SHRINKING. And he let them do it THEIR way for 2 years, he bowed and obeyed. They lost numbers in house, repubs lost white house, and their ideas are rejected nationally - turns out they're good at extreme social issues, but they didn't stop any spending.
I think boehnner is untouchable now - and he's rubbing in in their faces. No more anti-obamacare bills now 
We lost the White House, because (once again) we ran a moderate. Who considered Romney a member of the Tea Party?
Once again, you underestimate the Tea Party, just as Pelosi did. In fact, she did it twice, thinking the Dems would win the House back this year.
It appears you have no historical perspective. I remember talking the exact same stuff you're talking now, this time eight years ago.
But, another poster on another (now defunct) forum warned me how quickly things can change in politics, how the pendulum can swing the other way in a heartbeat.
I thought the liberals were FINISHED, after Bush got re-elected. The Dems lost seats in the House and Senate. It was all gravy.
Two years later...............
