[grania]

If they come up one or two short on votes to oust Boehner, you know it's rigged, again. They just might be sitting in a back room somewhere figuring out who can vote for Boehner and still be re-elected.

If they come up short, let the dems have the mess...HOR, US Senate and Presidency in two years, if the nation lasts even that long.

We gave the Republicans an unmistakable CONSERVATIVE victory. Boehner and his pack of fools used it as enough rope to hang themselves.

[Digger]

If they come up one or two short on votes to oust Boehner, you know it's rigged, again.

I would predict such as that is the way this corrupt "Two-Party- Cartel" works. Evidenced by 1000 examples.

[Nextrush]

Its a common practice to rig votes to pass unpopular things
in legislative bodies with votes arranged to help newcomers who don’t have a lot of seniority or might be vulnerable at the next election.

In Pennsylvania right around July 4th in 2005 when public attention was elsewhere, Democrat and Republican leaders in our legislature worked together in a “bipartisan” way finding the YES votes in their cacuses and letting others vote NO so they could give each member a 16 percent pay raise and the leaders a 34 percent pay raise.

The outrage forced a repeal and cost some elected officials their jobs anyway in the 2006 elections.

[hlmencken3]

You are correct.

Up to 29 Republicans could be *allowed* to avoid voting for Boehner. They will be allowed by the leadership based on their vulnerability to a Tea Party-type candidate next time around.

[itsahoot]

Boehner and his pack of fools used it as enough rope to hang themselves.

They are not fools, we are. If we can not recognize that then the Republic is truly over.