âI donât know of anybody in the business community who takes the side of the Taliban minority,â said Dirk Van Dongen, longtime chief lobbyist for the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors who has known Boehner since the lawmakerâs first election. Despite presiding over a chamber that nearly drove the country to a debt default, John A. Boehner still has the enduring support of a group that wouldâve been most harmed by that event: the business community. Rather than revisit their strategy of supporting Republicans after this weekâs near-disaster, influential organizations such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are standing behind Boehner. More importantly, Boehnerâs friends in the business community are getting ready to take sides in a few Republican primary races against tea party candidates in Michigan, Idaho and Alabama who could cause the House speaker more trouble. In the hallways of the countryâs leading trade associations, there is talk about taking on tea party Republicans in at least three states. http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...951f0c-350a-11e3-be86-6aeaa439845b_story.html