Jan 3, 2013: “Twelve Republicans voted against John Boehner’s second term as speaker Thursday, making for a very tense final few minutes of the vote.
At one point, in fact, the number either voting for someone else or not voting reached into the high teens, raising the possibility that Boehner wouldn’t secure a majority on the first ballot. Eventually, a few of those who hadn’t voted — including Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) — cast their ballots for Boehner.
Boehner won with 220 votes — six more than the 214 votes he needed. (A speaker needs only a majority of the actual votes cast, not of all members of the House. And here’s the roll call.)
Below is a look at the defectors, whom they voted for, and our best guess as to why it wasn’t Boehner:................”
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.)
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.)
Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.)
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.)
Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.)
Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.)
Rep. Tom Massie (R-Ky.)
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Tex.)
Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho)
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.)
I would get rid of Boehner because he’s no longer a conservative, if he ever was. He has given this president everything he ever wanted, and the betrayal over the CRomnibus should be a final straw for other conservative representatives.
However, I’d also get rid of Boehner because he’s too easy for the media to target.
Even if they simply swapped him out for another Rino, I think even the establishment would admit they’d get better mileage.
I’d probably expect them to pick a female, Marsha Blackburn, and she’d do a better job and be harder for a black president to attack.