Gohmert could have run for Speaker,
Heck, a similar battle will be waged over the debt limit very soon, if he thinks its very important he could of stepped up to the plate and taken a risk of running for Speaker.
After all he demanded that Bohner get the blame for taxes going up and the stock market tanking by blocking those bills, doing that would have been way worse for Bohner than just running for Speaker.
If he won he would be able to block any crappy Senate bill on the debt limit that will probably pass, and be the national focal point for the consequences. He would be hero here.
But like the others its too easy just to vote against bills that pass and for bills that don't. No risk there.
I saw some Dems plotting on their channel today about how they will be taking out the remaining NE Republicans to help take back the House, Speaker Pelosi 2015.
There are precisely ZERO New England Republicans in the House and only a modest number in the Northeast (although they have a majority in PA and a tie in New Jersey). As it is, Democrats are overrepresented in office in that region, and that is unsustainable. Same goes for California, which is ludicrously overrepresented (ditto Oregon and even Arizona). Had it not been for Democrat and (left-wing) "Independent" redistricting commissions (and an absurd law in FL demanding "fair" lines, whatever that means), the GOP might not have lost any seats overall (aside from some weak wins from 2010).