Boehner: 'No progress' in talks, and no compromising, either

You'd better keep an eye on him, Boehner. House Speaker John Boehner isn't sounding too negotiator-like in the wake of the news that he requested one-on-one negotiations with President Obama. In fact, he's still sounding pretty nasty.

"This isn't a progress report because there's no progress to report," Boehner told reporters.

The call, Boehner said, "was pleasant, but it was just more of the same." [...]
Friday, Boehner held fast to the Republicans' position on taxes.

'Listen, raising taxes on small businesses is not going to help this economy," Boehner said.

He added that the president needed to present a counteroffer to the supposed plan House leadership offered up earlier this week.

With his leadership team supposedly behind him but raising their objection to tax rate increases at every public opportunity, it seems Boehner is more worried about them stabbing him in the back than having his back.