Better everyone rally around one if there’s any chance to get rid of Boehner.
Call or email your congresscritter ASAP.
That is not essential. Because the Speaker of the House has to win a majority of those voting, it is only necessary that all opposing Republicans vote for someone other than Boehner (or Pelosi). If all Representatives vote, it takes 218 to elect Boehner, or anyone else.If Boehner doesn’t win the first ballot, he drops out - because if he couldn’t bully his way to a first-ballot victory starting where he was, his influence only goes down in subsequent ballots.