I think their perspective involved any candidate to replace Boehner. No one was willing to take the job. At least, they weren’t willing to go public.
Bachman, herself, would have been one of the possibilities. Others possibilities: Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor, and Darrell Issa.
None stepped forward.
Bingo! We have a winner! Now lets see if Boehner gets the warning. I'm at least cautiously optimistic.
119 posted on Thu Jan 03 2013 14:24:09 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) by hummingbird: “Waiting Until the Last Minute is code... If it looked like there was going to be close to enough support to put someone else in, i.e., a last minute surprise, they held out so they could make the difference. That's kind of what I've been thinking. IMHO, too.”
Hummingbird is probably right. Some kind of deal took place. My guess is that Boehner was within a couple of votes of losing the speakership and several people got on board only after 1) it was clear he would win anyway, or 2) they were given some kind of promise that made them agree to vote for him.
That's fair. This is politics, after all. Now we need to demand that Bachmann and others hold Boehner’s feet to the fire.