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What Are You if You “Lead” and No One Follows?

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“I learned a long time ago if you’re a leader and nobody’s following you, you’re just a guy out for a walk.”

Pressed for an answer by Congressman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) about why he was letting “the guys who didn’t vote for you (to be Speaker) drive the conference,” House Speaker John Boehner admitted he was indeed trying to gain support for his agenda from hardline conservative congressmen who are unimpressed with his leadership.

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“I saw the consequences of failed leadership in Washington. I think the politicians didn’t know what they were doing when they got us into Iraq, and then they didn’t have our backs when we were there.”

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