Posted on 06/22/2015 5:27:36 AM PDT by bestintxas
Voting against the speaker’s reelection may have cost one Iowa Republican his seat. John Boehner has found ways to punish the fractious conservatives who have formed into a thorn in his side since attempting a coup at the beginning of the year. Through means both petty and significant, Boehner has made his displeasure felt while trying to lead the broader conference in a series of high-profile legislative fights. A number of rebel backbenchers have had their overseas travel curtailed and their committee posts threatened or even taken away. But the treatment of one lawmaker in particular stands out: Colleagues worry that a vulnerable Iowa freshman who crossed the three-term House speaker may receive the political equivalent of the death penalty. Of the 25 Republicans who opposed Boehner’s reelection as speaker, leadership was particularly galled by Representative Rod Blum, whom Boehner had stumped for in the homestretch of his bid to replace Democrat Bruce Braley in Iowa’s first district just months earlier. “I was elected by Iowans to stand up to the status quo in Washington, DC, and I refuse to turn my back on them with my first vote,” Blum said in a statement after breaking with Boehner.
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I will never understand why Republicans cower in fear at the sight of this creepy orange bully.
Get rid of Blum, OR, get rid of Boner??
Wow, now that’s a toughie.
Lesser evil and all that jive.
someone has pictures of someone with a goat...
Bad people have bad habits...
People in OH must really think they have a winner here.
John Boner needs to be swinging at the end of a rope.
“Representative Rod Blum, whom Boehner had stumped for in the homestretch...”
Can’t feel bad for the guy.
Seems a valueless politician. Or a moron.
I’m all in favor of Boehner alienating other Republicans at this point. It makes all the other Republicans uncomfortable with his leadership. Eventually he will hurt so many, and threaten so many more, that he will be overthrown.
And he and his cronies might as well retire at that point, because they will not get bupkus for the rest of their time in office.
And still they won’t get rid of the guy. Go figure.
“I’m all in favor of Boehner alienating other Republicans at this point. It makes all the other Republicans uncomfortable with his leadership. Eventually he will hurt so many, and threaten so many more, that he will be overthrown.”
Better rethink that as the Dems have already announced they are comfortable with Boehner leading them and will vote for him rather than a conservative.
He is like Obama. Obama treats Republicans worse than he treats Iran and other terrorist countries. Boehner treats conservative Republicans worse than he treats Democrats. Both men are more concerned about preserving their own personal power, than about the good of the nation.
Then the conservatives need to make Boner run for re-election as speaker and win with support of the democrats. It may show the low information Republican Party voters who their leaders really are at this point.
Are you saying because the Speaker of the House showed up to endorse the Republican candidate in a VERY hotly-contested race—one that the Democrats were widely expected to win—that the Republican candidate is either "a valueless politician" or "a moron," merely by association?
Explain, please.
Because you might be interested to know that Rod Blum has so far proven to be one of the establishment Republicans' worst enemies and one of the Constitution's best defenders in the U.S. House.
I’m glad, then, and I hope he withstands the Boner attack if so.
I’m saying he used Boner, then immediately goes against him?
I’m with him in being against Boner.
But what did he expect?
He should not have had Boner campaign for him.
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