Posted on 09/25/2015 7:24:09 PM PDT by cotton1706
That sound you hear around Washington right now is the sound of the Republican establishment shaking.
House Speaker John Boehners resignation under duressa move that was both a shock and years in the making at the same timemeans tea-party-styled forces have further ratcheted up their power within the party. With each such move, the grip of what people think of as the Republican party establishmentbig business donors, official party leaders, congressional leaders whose tenure dates back more than a decade or sois loosened a bit more.
Its worth remembering that the Boehner departure, while a big blow to that establishment, is hardly the first one. Utah Sen. Robert Bennett, previously considered a thoroughly reliable conservative, was defeated in 2010 in a tea-party revolt. Next came Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, another party icon, defeated in similar fashion in 2012.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantorthe man once positioned to take Mr. Boehners placewas defeated in a 2014 primary at the hands of the very tea-party forces he had tried to corral. Meanwhile, in the nascent 2016 presidential campaign, establishment favorite Jeb Bush has been marginalized by populist voters more enamored of complete outsiders Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson.
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The time is now to run them out of our party. With every Trump voter they shrink. They will never stop this man. He is the George Washington of our Time. God Bless America and God Bless Donald Trump. Make America Great Again!!
I believe Beohner realized that too many learned that he’s a drunk. He couldn’t continue to act like a clown.
This is just to clear the deck to keep the "dogs at bay" while JEB steals the candidacy out of the clutches of a more conservative candidate ahead right now.
A Presidency is a lot more worthy than keeping a Speaker who is being chased by the hounds, nipping at his heels!
It's the usual "Look over here, don't look at the guy behind the curtain, while I pick your pocket," which generally hood winks the masses.
He’ll be headed into office as another pol who chases skirt. He won’t last long.
The DC Cronies and Silicon Valley Billionaires pushed Bonehead out . They think McCarthy is a nasty devious creep who can ram thru Amnesty,TPP , global warming taxes ,
Millions of H1 visas before Trump and 2016 reelections stop them .,
Its now or never for K street , C of C , to destroy the US !
That shaking is commonly known as the delirium tremors.
Ted Cruz: “You want to know how much each of you terrify Washington?” Mr Cruz asked the audience of grassroots evangelical conservative at this annual conference. “Yesterday, John Boehner was Speaker of the House. Y’all come to town and somehow that changes.”
“My only request,” he quipped, “is, can you come more often?”
AKA "The DTs".
He is way more devious and ruthless and heartless .
He needs to be stopped by the House Conservatives .
“We took down an oligarch today! Such a great day!!!”
Yes, a great day, but this was still an EVEN GREATER DAY:
https://www.google.com/search?q=june+10+2014&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=june+10+2014+cantor
They don't have the votes to elect a rock ribbed conservative. But they have shown that they can cause trouble if a flaming RINO is elected.
Unreal .
Left wing billionaire gets to own a house speaker !
From the Google Search that I just posted, Eric Cantor’s “Victory Party”. LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ2anaMeyT0
Major Tripwire Alert North Carolina GOPe Change Primary Join FL, OH, IL March 15th
Look closely at the RNC calendar and you'll see that very few candidates can afford to stay in and no one expected Trump to hang around this long.
As I've stated before on FR, the fringe candidates are there to hold on to the favorite son status of delegate rich states, who will toss their support behind the "real 'favorite son'" when the time comes, that's why they announced so late and everyone wondered, "why is he announcing, he surely doesn't expect to win," ala Pataki, Gilmore, Kasich, and even Christie. They GOPe would have gotten another from CA but there's no one in the GOP out there strong enough to pull any votes.
Trump has certainly mucked everything up!
Ought to be grateful he gets to exit gracefully, and still living.
#9 With today’s news who does Hugh Hewitt lead his radio show with? Carly Fiorina. He talked about how her lead has increased over the others in New Hampshire. Now in 2nd place behind Donald Trump.... 26% to 16%
New Hampshire is 68 miles by 190 mile and 1.3 million and she is only a distant 2nd.
Michael Medved thought John Boehner was a fine House leader as is Mitch McConnell the senate leader. Did these guys get dropped on their heads. They both have radio shows with many people calling in saying how terrible these guys are in congress but they inhabit another universe.
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