Posted on 01/06/2013 1:17:04 PM PST by Nachum
A concerted effort to unseat Speaker John A. Boehner was under way the day of his re-election to the position, but participants called it off 30 minutes before the House floor vote, CQ Roll Call has learned.
A group of disaffected conservatives had agreed to vote against the Ohio lawmaker if they could get at least 25 members to join the effort. But one member, whose identity could not be verified, rescinded his or her participation the morning of the vote, leaving the group one person short of its self-imposed 25-member threshold. Only 17 votes against Boehner were required to force a second ballot, but the group wanted to have insurance.
Even with 24 members, the group would easily have been able to force a second ballot round, but the effort was aborted in frenetic discussions on the House floor.
“There was an effort to get to a particular number,” said one Republican member who voted for Boehner but was familiar with the effort to oust him.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
Roll Call and the Hill are two sources I take with a grain of salt.
A group of disaffected conservatives had agreed to vote against the Ohio lawmaker if they could get at least 25 members to join the effort. But one member, whose identity could not be verified, rescinded his or her participation the morning of the vote, leaving the group one person short of its self-imposed 25-member threshold. Only 17 votes against Boehner were required to force a second ballot... with 24 members, the group would easily have been able to force a second ballot round, but the effort was aborted in frenetic discussions on the House floor.IOW, 24 RINOs backed down, but got the publicity they so desperately craved.
Talk to Jim about adding them to the prohibited list.
We can all kiss a National Right to Work law goodbye. Boehner has consistently fought against RTW.
Imagine the stupidity of the process...
“We need 17 and we might get that. So lets set an arbitrary number well above it we cant hit, then we have an excuse.”
Then they hit that arbitrary number...
“OK we need someone to back out so we have something to sell to the dipsticks. They believe everything we tell’em anyway.”
Way more than needed to do the job and STILL would not.
Let it sink in folks.
And as usual, their testicle shrunk right up into their abdomen when it came time to fight for our country.
And these would be the people to vote to send our kids to die for our country and they can’t even cast a damn vote.
LOL! Indeed.
We HAVE to vote GOP to keep the Dems from doing A) B) or C) and yet somehow, THAT NEVER HAPPENS!!!
Love ya FR, but surely you can see the frustration of most of us here. WE have the fight in us, but tired of fighting FOR those who DON’T!
Probably was Bachmann. Per a thread yesterday, she changed her vote at the last minute.
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Regardless, those 25 can expect 2 years of retribution for their insurrection. They apparently bluffed and lost. Now, they have lost significantly more.
Per some threads, it was only going to take 17 to stop Boehner. If they had 25, even 24, they did themselves no favors by changing their minds.
He made the same promise the term before, why would he have to keep his word now, since clearly he has no principle values?
Lest we forget, we were told clearly and often on these very pages by fellow conservatives that principles and purity were bad.
And ‘purists’ were the problem.
CLEARLY, they did not have one so the public embarrassment would've only weakened an already weak Speakership and offered no gain.
For all the whining and moaning here and on the Hill about Boehner, there's no one who wants to step into that job. They're paper tigers. Sound and fury signifying nothing.
And fighting WITH those who don’t.
Hard to play ball when half the team suits up for the opposition.
Excuses. We need fewer.
Acceptance of reality. We need more.
Try that. Because I’m sure they would have voted for someone.
I guess I’ll just have to change my name from ‘Charlie Brown’. Lucy never will let me kick that football.
When voting reared it’s scary head,
Brave Republicans turned and fled..
Brave, brave, brave, brave Republicans.
Hat tip to Monty Python, Apologies to Sir Robin.
No, not quite big enough just yet. But, don’t be surprised if we see a serious third party moment rise up during the run up to the next election. It’s genesis will be the Tea Party, may be named something different but the TP will be its foundation. Yes, I know all the arguments against. But, I think many conservatives and even some independents have grown weary of the current GOP leadership. Just saying......
You’re in growing company. Thank God.
I would not have given him a second chance.
But I guess his promises were enough to prevent a floor fight.
this makes pretty good sense. i count about 15 or so true, tea party, conservatives in the house. there’s maybe 15 more hangers on who will sometimes stiffen their spines and vote with us, so the number 25 is a little lower than what one would expect if a revolt was going to be successful. i bet they wanted to get more than that.
i commend them for trying. that alone took courage. to even mount any kind of challenge to a sitting speaker would be pretty rare, i’m guessing. uh oh, i guess i’m going to be in the minority on this. better to damn them all as failures and sellouts.
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