Sounds like our problem here in the Texas legislature w Joe Strauss.
Yep, same problem. A Speaker who stays in power with the support of a rump group of toadies in his own party plus a sufficient fraction of the 'opposition' to give him an overall majority, despite the majority of his own caucus opposing him. Thus a TX House that is majority conservative can't get much passed against the will of their supposed GOP Speaker. There is a difference, though. Straus does what he wants; Boehner does what Pelosi wants.