Curt Clawson announces against Boehner

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[onyx]

I don’t know the current count, but it’s growing.

[upchuck]

Must suck to be Boehner right now. Wonder if he’ll get any sleep tonight?

Here’s hoping and praying he’ll be out of a job at this time tomorrow.

[RummyChick]

Is that why people with no chance of winning are saying they are going to run for it?

[moonhawk]

No, he’s not a “Good guy” and he never did support us....

[Patton@Bastogne]

I think that’s “the plan” ... all quiet ... rigged for silent running ...

[spokeshave]

From an earlier time....."what is your profession?"

The Heroic TwentyNine

[BobL]

“No, he’s not a “Good guy” and he never did support us....”

Agree, not us, but he always thought he was doing what was best for the country.

The problem, of course, is that he is TOTALLY WRONG, but is so out of touch with country that he has NO CLUE as to what is going on out here - I just feel pity for him. He needs to get out and let someone who has his ear to the ground to give it a shot.

[Dr. Sivana]

With Boehner on the losing side, these pols risk not being right with the new non-Boehner speaker, and loss of privileges/chairmanships doled out by a new speaker.

Even if Boehner loses, it doesn't mean one of the present alternatives win. There's enough GOP-E types to either force a compromise candidate OR to back off on any purges or retribution.

[laplata]

I think that’s “the plan” ... all quiet ... rigged for silent running ...

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Nw that you mention it, it’s a possibility. Good thinking.

[vette6387]

“Agree, not us, but he always thought he was doing what was best for the country.”

I’m sorry to have to disagree. Boner has been in the pocket of the US Chamber of Communists and other big money groups to the detriment of this country’s citizens. With Boner, it has always been about him.

[BobL]

I figured my statement wouldn’t win me too many friends, but even so, I do base it on the fact that he COULD HAVE passed Amnesty last year by simply bringing it to a vote.

There were more than enough Republicans ready to drink the Kool Aid to help Pelosi get it through, and it would have passed - the Senate Bill would have passed. But he held off, and that bought us enough time to get rid of Cantor and also get rid of that God-Awful Senate Bill.

I’m no fan of his, not at all, but I don’t think he’s pure evil either - he had that chance, but held back just enough.

[molson209]

Did Obama show up giving his support to Boehner ? LOL

[vette6387]

“I figured my statement wouldn’t win me too many friends, but even so, I do base it on the fact that he COULD HAVE passed Amnesty last year by simply bringing it to a vote.”

You simply can’t base your “respect” for Boner by siting one instance where he may have done the right thing, and I stress the word “may.” The substance of this weasel is that he’s weak, and he’s risk averse when it comes to doing what’s right for the country. We’ve given the GOP an opportunity that in many respects they have not earned. There are far more capable leaders who do have balls and who will try to do the things that the voters sent them to DC to do. Boner has had adequate opportunity to show us that he has leadership capabilities and he’s failed.

[c-b 1]

I called mine today, was assured he would vote against Boehner, I told the aide to thank him. No surprise, he was one of the first to come out against Boehner.

[tenger]

Think my critter, Keith Ellison, would vote for Gohmert?

[BobL]

Amnesty was a BIG DEAL, not just a single issue, like raising the minimum wage by 50 cents - but overall, you’re right, and I’ll stand down (mainly because I’m out of good things to say about him).