[Political Junkie Too]

if the speaker survives the coup, he could retaliate by stripping lawmakers of prized committee assignments and chairmanships.

Why would a Congressman vote to keep that sword over his head for the next two years, when they can simply end the House tyranny now?

-PJ

[gwgn02]

Bolling is a K street whore with flashy 80’s Rolex to fit the mold. PeRINO is a dim bulb Bushbot hack.

[hlmencken3]

They can’t end the tyranny now. Boehner was selected by the House Republican caucus (without opposition, as I recall). The rebels know they’re rebels. They’re just trying to extract concessions, which may be as simple as replacing Boeher with some other RINO who would behave the same as Boehner. But it would demonstrate practical muscle instead of them just spouting meaningless words.