There was an overwhelming mandate coming out of the 2012 elections

The voters have spoken clearly almost with one voice --- they want gridlock and by inference they want to try the fiscal cliff. The Republicans in Congress need to be sure that we go over the fiscal cliff and have a survival strategy for that.

Boehner and the non-Tea Party majority in congress are going to try to get the majority of Republicans to lose focus on who elected them and why.

Gridlock and the fiscal cliff prepare for it  ---  be ready to use it  ---  make it happen.