Posted on 01/21/2015 5:19:37 AM PST by cotton1706
Speaker John Boehner is showing mercy to his foes — but that doesn’t mean he’s ready to forgive and forget.
The Ohio Republican so far has chosen not to exact revenge against most of the roughly two dozen Tea Party Republicans who tried to overthrow him earlier this month.
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Working with committee chairmen, Boehner could cut off their ability to travel abroad on congressional trips. His loyalists could also skip defectors when it comes to deciding who gets to sponsor legislation moving in the House.
The Speaker can also turn off the spigot of donations that flow from his large network of political contributors, depriving the dissidents of campaign cash.
“People have got to understand whether you play sports or have a military background like me, if you work as a team, you can be successful. If you work as 247 individuals, you’re going to be crushed,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a Boehner ally who’s been urging the Speaker to take more aggressive action against the defectors.
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He’s aware some of his opponents were under enormous pressure to abandon him, as hundreds, if not thousands, of phone calls and emails poured into congressional offices from Tea Party activists seeking the Speaker’s head.
And he knows full well that the grassroots activists applying the pressure were further enraged when he took quick revenge by booting two defectors — Florida GOP Reps. Daniel Webster and Richard Nugent — from the powerful Rules Committee.
There’s concern among party leaders that any further retribution could provoke conservatives, and cause more headaches for Boehner and his allies at the very moment they are trying to show they can govern in Washington.
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Then how come Hastert was speaker for 8 years?
“Kinzinger reoresents much of what is wrong with IL politics.”
Along with Roskam and Kirk.
OVERTHROW HIM? What kind of language is that?
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The kind of language you’d use when referring to a dictator. Which is what A Speaker of the House, specifically Boner, is.
“Then how come Hastert was speaker for 8 years?”
He was granted a waiver to the rule.
Boner et al should be scared. If boner uses the nuclear option (not supporting re-election and putting in a primary challenger), the “non-conformists” could easily form their own caucus which could be the nidus for a new party.
A Tyrant is a Tyrant,is a Tyrant.
You can probably do it online.
Spot on.
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