One last indignity: The tea party swipes John Boehner’s seat

washingtonpost.com ^ | 3/16/16 | Amber Phillips

[cotton1706]

It was one of the tea party’s few highlights in Tuesday’s congressional primaries. But laying claim to former GOP House speaker John Boehner’s old seat (in all likelihood) is a big one, both for the bragging rights and the momentum it gives House conservatives in their ongoing fight to purify their party ideologically.

Warren Davidson, a businessman and former Army Ranger, won a 15-way Republican primary Tuesday in the special election for Ohio’s 8th Congressional District. The tea party candidate rather easily bested more moderate candidates, including two state lawmakers, in a campaign that quickly became ground zero for the party’s ongoing identity struggle in the House that Boehner used to run. The winner of a June special election will serve out the rest of 2016 in Boehner’s seat, and in such a deep red congressional district, that winner is likely to be Davidson.

Let’s step back and assess why this matters. Sure, adding one lawmaker to the ranks of the hard-line House conservatives who have made life difficult for their moderate, pro-business Republican colleagues won’t single-handedly change the outcomes of most intra-party dramas. Davidson also won in large part thanks to a crowded primary, taking less than one-third of the vote.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Awesome sauce

[Chode]

i hope the door hits the POS in the azz on his way out.

[gaijin]

Meh, he got off easy.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Heh heh.

[TigerClaws]

Now to primary Paul Ryan.

The Chamber of Commerce has $100 million banked to go after Tea Party candidates. Trump needs to lead an effort to purge the party of anyone that voted for Obama’s budget or SCOTUS pick.

[apocalypto]

btt

[Salvavida]

There is still plenty of time for Boner to join Nicholai.

[forgotten man]

That cap flying off of Nicolai’s head made a good souvenir for somebody.

[Old Yeller]

In my dreams that’s always Bill and Hillary.

[DoughtyOne]

[Lurkinanloomin]

Excellent

Many more districts need to Cantorize their weasel like we did.

Dave Brat needs the help.

[Tax-chick]

On first glance, I thought that said, “... swipes John Boehner’s cat.”

Which would be pretty low.

[Charles Martel]

Boehner got Tom Foley’d? Sweet.

[Toddsterpatriot]

He resigned the seat. A Tea Party guy won the primary to fill the empty seat.

[fortheDeclaration]

More good news!

[COBOL2Java]

Boehner will be incensed! Once he wakes up.

[READINABLUESTATE]

“In my dreams that’s always Bill and Hillary”

LOL! :)