I am suspicious. Since when (lately) would the Elite put a strong conservative Republican in such a position?
We will see when they put a GOPe into the “Majority Leader” position...This is just the “whip”...
I’m actually thinking Hensarling, not that Iam partial to him, but he has proven himself in the last few years to be skirting the edge of GOPe and just being from Texas, for the top republican position...
I’m betting he won’t get it, and we’ll get a balance to counter the “whip’s” position...Kinda cancels him out...
We will see...
I believe that Marlin Stutzman of Illinois was the rep for the Tea Party-inclined. Roskam represented the GOP-E. Scalise is an actual conservative, but chummy with Boehner, so he might be considered something of a compromise. It’s a small but serious step.
We can all thank FReeper Jane Long for Cantor's quick exit. Jane called his office and cued him in: "The voters said 'Get Out.' "
Beautiful.
The GOPe has to do something to corral the conservatives. They probably figure on co-opting one with credibility among the ‘troublemakers’ into their club.
Trade-off? To get McCarthy instead of Labrador?
He gathers votes, he doesn't decide what goes to the floor for a vote. It looks like a bone was thrown to pacify TEA Party conservatives for the upcoming election cycle.
Mark Levin doesn’t seem to agree. He didn’t speak highly of him last night, and on his facebook page, he wrote, “Scalise, the new #3 in House GOP leadership, is pretty lame”. Earlier last year, he said Scalise is a Boehner guy. (I value Mark Levin’s opinion highly.)
The Obama DREAMER WAR ON CHILDREN continues at the Southern US Border with the very hostile Nation of Mexico.
The Obama DREAMER WAR ON CHILDREN is an excellent preview of what Obama wants Boehner”s Amnesty Bill to accomplish: Destroy America by replacing the resident population.
Anyone coming from New Orleans is not a ‘true’ conservative. All of the so called ‘conservatives’ back the Rat mayor and the Piggie Landrieu! It is all about family alliances not party alliances there. Scalise is not good news
I have no idea why they’d put him in such a position, but I suspect that they’re trying to stem the tide.
The so-called elites don’t like the fact that their constituents are holding them to account, AND they’re frightened that they might be next. Of course, they’re ALSO frightened of what might happen if they side with the ‘teabaggers,’ probably blackmail about all the little deals they made.
Of course, I think that at the moment, their base is pissed off enough that this isn’t going to be nearly enough.