Boehner thinks the global financial crisis is 'an ant' in terms of its importance

More from the article Joe wrote about this morning. It seems the man who would be Speaker thinks the global economic crisis is not that a big deal. This is consistent with what Republicans were saying around the time of the stimulus. You'll recall that the GOP felt the stimulus wasn't necessary because America wasn't in that big a crisis, they claimed. So it's not surprising after the last year of economic hell, the Republican leader still thinks the economic crisis is akin to "an ant."

Boehner also thinks that Obama "over-reacted" to the oil spill in the Gulf. Now, many things have been said about the President's response to the spill, but "over-reaction" is not one of them. Yes, Boehner would have taken the spill as even less of a big deal.

The Democrats have been doing a poor job of arguing why they deserve re-election, while Boehner, on the other hand, makes the choice perfectly clear. The Republicans are still run by far-right nuts. They've learned nothing since the Gingrich years. Nothing.