Boehner Admits To Stumbles

++John Boehner admits his new House hasn't got off to the smooth start he wanted. Today the House couldn't figure out their own border security bill, which even Jeff Sessions admitted got too confusing. Senate Democrats are united in telling Mitch McConnell to just fund Homeland Security and not even thinks about bringing the House bill to the floor.

++John Boehner said that he is about ready to sue President Obama over immigration. The litigation strategy has just been reviewed. We are still waiting for his suit on Obama delaying the employer mandate.

++But Good news for fans of the Boehner/ Bibi show. John Boehner insisted he had the absolute right to invite Bibi because the House is a co-equal branch of Government. Even his math fails him. 1/6th or forget it. And by gum, he's going to stick by his decision.

++Dave Weigel reports that the Boehner invite was the brain child of Louie Gohmert and that Boehner made his dream real.

++Ed Kilgore , who isn't a very persistent Israel watcher, writes today "Bibi's Reckless Gamble". In sum, he writes that Bibi has alienated Obama's White House,congressional Democrats and American Jews, who overwhelmingly voted for Obama. He's receiving mixed reviews at home and earned a new bond with Republicans who have nothing whatsoever to do with foreign policy. Other than that,his plan is working brilliantly. 

++More seriously he gives the floor to Jeffrey Goldberg, who has been a fan of Bibi, but who writes "The Netanyahu Disaster" in the Atlantic. Goldberg thinks that Bibi's management of his relationship with President Obama has been a disaster and perhaps beyond repair. He's suspicious of the timing from the point of view of the Israeli elections. He's relieved Bibi hasn't attacked Iran--yet--which he agrees would be a real disaster. He's concerned that a bipartisan support for Israel may be threatened and he hopes it is not irreparable. That's heavy coming from Goldberg.

++So far,Jennifer Rubin has backed Bibi and Marc Thiessen. Marc as you know supports Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, which really did come from Gestapo handbooks. 

++Perhaps in honor of the occasion, they should invite Dick Cheney to be honorary President of the Senate so that the optics are complete.

House to Create Select Committee on Benghazi

++If you have followed the noise of the GOP since the first election of Barack Obama, you would have to conclude they either aimed to impeach him or assassinate him. 

++With today's straight partisan vote on establishing another investigation into Benghazi,Dave Weigel in Slate as picked up by the Washington Monthly, points out that the choice of Trey Gowdy,a prosecutor, is deliberate by Boehner,so he becomes the face of impeachment. Darryl Issa sort of blew it and could not bring home the bacon. Issa's last ditch effort to save his position was to subpoena John Kerry.

++The idea is to impeach President Obama for his dereliction of duty as commander-in chief. 

++Democrats got some salvos in today by questioning why the GOP never wanted an investigation of the deaths in Iraq caused by the lies of the last administration or the practice of torture.

++One worrisome detail about this Select Committee, the GOP has the right to call witnesses but the Democrats have no such ability.

++Frankly, if I were the Democrats, I would refuse to participate. The quotes and tweets of Trey Gowdy have let the cat out of the bag. There is no pretense about objectivity in such a committee.The GOP wants to wound President Obama for the rest of his term and try and block Hillary Clinton's run for the Presidency. There is no other reason. Gowdy even screwed up when he listed three questions that he wanted answered, which journalists have pointed out that they had been.

++The selection of witnesses is key. I expect they will not agree to hear the Accountabity Review Committee, which Issa tried to avoid.