[EQAndyBuzz]

What is this with 29 votes? If Pelosi’s caucus votes for Boehner it’s over. And she would do that because it screws the TEA party and aligns the Democrats and GOPe as a bipartisan group.

Best that could happen would be for 130 Republicans to vote against Boenher, so even if he wins, he won’t have the Republican votes to push forward legislation.

In that event, he will have to resign.

[GeronL]

and aligns the Democrats and GOPe as a bipartisan group.

and that would be different... how?

[FR_addict]

According to Gohmert, if 29 Republicans vote for someone else besides Boehner, they can get to the second round. It is on the youtube at 1:00:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq7ZHl-INEs

So it only takes 29 Republicans to get to the second round and that's where they can pick up enough to dump Boehner. The momentum will be against Boehner at that point in the elections.

[ifinnegan]

“If Pelosi’s caucus votes for Boehner...”

Do you expect to be taken seriously?

[Hardens Hollow]

“If Pelosi’s caucus votes for Boehner it’s over.”

He’d look like - and be - a pretty weak speaker if the ‘opposing’ party was the one that got him in.

Anyone would be embarrassed to take the speakership that way, one would hope.