Exclusive: GOP Push Against Boehner Leadership Reaches Critical Number

[Paladin]

"Twenty-nine Republican legislators now oppose House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)’s re-election, so Breitbart News can confirm he can only continue as the leader if Democrats vote for him or if he pulls some spectacular maneuver.

Before this report, there were 28 GOP members publicly opposed to Boehner’s re-election. Twenty-five of them voted against Boehner at the beginning of the Congress, and three more have come out in public since.

The additional conservative House member—who at this time wishes not to be publicly named for leverage purposes in forthcoming negotiations with leadership—has confirmed that if and when a vote on Boehner’s future comes up this fall, he will vote against Boehner’s retention.

The number of votes against Boehner “is easily into the 30s, and could well be into the 40s or even up to 50,” the GOP member said. “I think the votes are there.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/14/exclusive-gop-push-against-boehner-leadership-reaches-critical-number/

It's really beginning to look doable to get rid of this whiny wimp.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Then do it.  Stop being GOPestablishmenty.  Stop yappin' and start doing.

...talk about whiny.

[Longiron]

The Libs will bring him across the finish line. Why not , he is more effective for their agenda than Nancy! Only way is to vote him out in his district or vote out his RINO friends. We have one in our district and going to vote for the Dem just to get him out.

[Godzilla]

They better have a game plan for what happens after they vote against his re-election.

For if the position for Speaker of the House is open and Boehner runs for it again... he'll be courting House votes from where ever he can get them.  Just like anyone that opposes him.  And he can already count on the majority of the Republicans in the House, just possibly not enough to get him to the magic 51% of all House representatives.

Which means that the Democrats get to play king-maker.  And they will ask for favors from any candidate seeking their votes.

That would mean that *ANY* candidate would end up beholden to the Democrats for the position as Speaker of the House.

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Is that the goal they want?  A Republican Speaker who owes his position to the Democrat party, with Nancy Pelosi as the puppetmaster?  It's a bit worse than what we already have.