Posted on 12/10/2012 1:41:42 PM PST by cotton1706
If not Boehner, then who?
Last week, American Majority Action kicked off the trending #FireBoehner hastag on Twitter and began to pressure House members to abstain from voting for Speaker.
After speaking with the House Parliamentarian, we discovered the House precedent is actually interpreted to mean an absolute majority of votes cast for a specific candidate. So, House members do nothing by abstaining. However, the core idea remains: Without a majority (50% +1), the House is speakerless. If neither Boehner nor Pelosi win 50%, the House keeps voting until a new leader arises with a majority.
To get Boehner under 50%, we need to unite behind a candidate—or candidates. We have more than three weeks to choose.
American Majority Action is endorsing Tom Price, Jim Jordan, and Jeb Hensarling as candidates for Speaker and senior leadership.
Though Price has announced that he does not plan to run, all three would be a welcome change. All three have been staunch conservatives—standing up against the Bush spending sprees. They have each been in leadership and have significant support in the caucus.
The #FireBoehner movement has become a threat: If Speaker Boehner compromises with Obama and they propose a tax-hike together, Speaker Boehner will be finished.
#FireBoehner started after Boehner proposed a tax-hike and purged four key conservatives from their committees. The movement has had tremendous support so far, and more House members will join our cause if Boehner capitulates.
We cannot raise taxes on our small businesses right now. Any Republican who votes for a tax-hike will be primaried—we can guarantee that.
If Obama continues to force the issue, we agree with Senator Rand Paul: Let Democrats eat the tax-hikes. Republicans should vote “present” and let liberals own these awful polices.
We shouldn’t—conservatives shouldn’t—endorse any policy that will destroy jobs for normal Americans, as tax hikes would. We should be fighting for what works. Frankly, we should be looking at tax cuts. Reagan cut taxes 25% in 1981, during both a recession and fiscal crisis, and by the end of his term: Revenue from the highest bracket doubled, Americans created 20 million jobs, and youth unemployment fell 43%.
That’s what we should be fighting for—not a smaller tax hike.
Boehner be warned.
So, I vote for Mitt Romney.
Boenher has no guts when dealing with bamClaus, but he’s probably a undercutting hardass when he’s the one with the power (Speaker’s election).
Its rare when we get a Speaker that’s worth his salt. When we do, i.e. Newt, the RINOs and their friends on the other side of the aisle undercut and backstab them to death.
Ron Paul, he says no to everything. *ducks*
Hensarling is the only name I recognize but don’t know how conservative or tough he would be.
Any help would be appreciated.
“Mark Levin said that the speaker did not have to be a member of Congress.
So, I vote for Mitt Romney.”
While my mind instantly rejected this, that would be pretty fun!
But Romney’s no legislator. I’m for Price.
How about Darrel Issa? I wonder if he could still chair his important committee? If not, he could handpick his successor.
Issa would be great, IMHO. He seems to recognize what we are up against about as well as any of them.
Steve King, Iowa - MAJOR anti-illegal alien hawk! That’s why he’s the only person I’ve given $$$ to in the last 25 yrs!
Lt. Col. West would be a great choice - but he lost his re-election (more accurately, it was stolen from him), so he will not be a member of the US House of Representatives. Therefore, I don’t think he’s eligible.
My reasoning for Romney is that he is the only person who was able to rattle Obama.
Obama needs some more rattling.
There is no requirement that the speaker of the house hold a seat representing a district.
Newt.
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