Posted on 09/25/2015 2:55:39 AM PDT by cotton1706
House Speaker Rep. John Boehner still wont be able to win reelection without Democratic votes, Breitbart News has learned, and he has abandoned yet another plan to try to embarrass conservatives seeking his ouster, which he was going to move forward with on Friday.
The day after Pope Francis addressed the Congress for the first timein front of a teary-eyed Boehnerthe Speaker had planned to move forward by bringing forth a resolution to vacate the chair, then holding a vote for his reelection intended to prove he had widespread support in the GOP conference.
But just as when Rep. Mark Meadows first introduced the measure, Boehner quickly learned again that he does not have enough support in the House GOP conference to win re-election and called off still-preliminary plans to hold the vote on Friday. A senior House GOP aide confirmed to Breitbart News that Boehner considered this strategy againafter it failed before the August recessand pulled the plug on Thursday when he realized he didnt have enough support. That doesnt mean he still wont go through with something like that, and anything is possible. But for now, Boehner looks as weak as hes ever been in the speakership chairand could eventually need to depend on Democrats to win reelection.
Boehners spokeswoman Emily Schillinger denied this, telling Breitbart News thats not true.
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Oh the Democrats love Boehner no doubt.
Can they kick him out of the party and then elect a new party leader?
Teary eyed? Honestly, teary eyed? Surely, it wouldn't have been because of what the Pope said, would it?
This is something drunks are prone to.
Both of these clowns sided with the enemy
Number 2 in line to be President is an emotional wreck and likely alcoholic. Number 1 is an incompetent stranger danger. Does anyone wonder why Americans don’t believe in or trust government?
I see your hands.
Boehner is one of the best Speakers the Democrats ever had...
By the way, I don't think Jarrett is pulling Hussein's strings as much as before or perhaps at all. He has taken the scimitar from her, or she has handed it to him and he is swinging it with his own arm.
“96 Tears” has 99 lives.
[Boehner is one of the best Speakers the Democrats ever had...]
Yes, yes he is!
Makes sense. If he’s going to rely on democrats to set his agenda, he might as well rely on them to keep his job.
If there is a vote to keep him that includes ‘Rats, then from that point on, his speakership would be untenable. It will appear then that he is in his position only based on a “coup” of sorts.
Furthermore, at the point it becomes clear he will have ‘Rat votes, the remaining ‘R’s (conservative AND RINO) should run away from Boner, lest they become part of the “coup”.
It is really pathetic that the rank and file GOP house members HAVE NOT already removed Boehner from his speakership. They have to know that Boehner is inept and not popular - yet they keep him in his job.
They should be able to muster 75-100 votes against Boehner at least, not the pathetic in number 25-30 they muster now.
He started tearing up when he first met the Bolshevik Pope. Then he continued bawling, wiping his eyes and nose, in back of the NWO Pope, next to Biden.
Crybaby will remain as speaker because Nancy will save his butt, then how about he change party to the Dems. Ta daaaa, we would have a R majority in the house with a Democrat speaker and no way to get rid of him.
He’s retiring.
He or the members could haved saved us a lot of trouble by ending his tenure by resignation or vote 10 months ago.
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