Consensus amongst the people I know is that Boehner won because no one else wanted this job.
It will be a thankless, losing rear-guard action, with Obama and his media allies taking turns beating the snot out them for standing in the way of this Glorious Socialism the country voted for in November. Most likely that means Speaker Pelosi retakes her gavel 2 yrs. from today.
I think our best hope is that the Dems overreach on gun control. That always blows up in their face, and I think provides our very best chance to hang on to the House if they are stupid enough to persist.
With guys like Cantor behind you, who would want this job? It is noteworthy Cantor did not throw his hat in the ring.
It looks like a loser of a job because of how it has been performed recently.
But, any speaker has the majority....
and
1. no new law can be passed without passing the House, and
2. no further tax increases can be levied without a bill originating in the House (and passing there, of course)...
Put simply, a Republican speaker with half the cajones of Pelousi could be very effective in the job ... could indeed make it (again) into a real “winner” of a position.... for him/herself, and for the country.
For now, Mark Levin concludes that there are no answers to our plight to be found in Washington DC. He still supports certain individuals in office he feels are worthy, but he’s talking about the big picture. That’s why he’s working on a plan for state and local action. Won’t spill the details yet, saying its not ready for rollout.
I agree with you that nobody else wanted the position except of course for Pelosi.
I agree that it's a thankless job and because of this nobody wanted it despite all the talk.
But I'm hoping that in days ahead more attention is going to be focused on Reid and the Senate. For some reason Reid has been able to escape scrutiny while he has done NOTHING to propose any legislation.
All eyes have been on Boehner and he has taken many arrows for daring to come up with some proposals but I think Reid is about to have to come under some of that...or at least I hope so.