NPR: Ross Baker https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129753293 Ross Baker en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 10 May 2026 12:03:10 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Ross Baker https://www.npr.org/tags/129753293/ross-baker Boehner's A 'Country Club, Cocktail-Drinking, Cigarette-Smoking Republican' Though President Obama has portrayed the Ohio Republican as leader of the "party of no," political observers see Boehner as more mainstream than Tea Party and apt to work with Democrats on occasion. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:35:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/09/09/129752532/boehner-s-a-country-club-cocktain-drinking-cigarette-smoking-republican https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/09/09/129752532/boehner-s-a-country-club-cocktain-drinking-cigarette-smoking-republican Though President Obama has portrayed the Ohio Republican as leader of the "party of no," political observers see Boehner as more mainstream than Tea Party and apt to work with Democrats on occasion.

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