[FR_addict]

I just called Yoho’s office and told him he needs to support Gohmert. If Yoho gets the nomination, I'll figure the fix is in. He introduced the Cromnibus Bill in the first place. He said to prevent another shutdown. We could have had a continuing resolution until the new Congress was in place. He allowed Boehner to pass this bill.

If he wants to earn back his conservative credentials, he needs to endorse Louie. If Yoho gets elected, it will be business as usual. Backroom deals that hurt conservatives will be made.

[Seattle Conservative]

Thanks for this post and for calling. I heard Yoho on Fox and Friends earlier and someone (IIRC it was Steve) asked if he was going to step aside and support Rep Gohmert and he said no.

I’m still learning and understanding how the vote for Speaker works but it sounds like that if all the Dims vote for Pelosi or another Dim and no one votes present or abstain (which would reduce the number of the majority needed), Boehner would need a 218 vote majority to become Speaker.

So, if I understand it correctly and as an example, if Yoho gets 10 Pub votes and Gohmert gets 25 Pub votes, Boehner wouldn’t make the 218 majority threshold and it would go to a 2nd ballot. At the 2nd ballot, I would hope that Yoho would throw his support behind Gohmert and ask his supporters and others to do the same. By using my example, Gohmert wouldn’t meet the majority threshold, but neither would Boehner. The balloting would continue until someone reached the majority threshold. I was reading on Wikipedia about this yesterday, and it looks like the most number of ballots for Speaker was 9.