[Sideshow Bob]

My guess from here is the old adage, “If you are going to strike the king, you must kill the king.” If Glenn did not see that this effort was going to succeed (after all 25 votes out of 500+ is not a very good showing) he’d be smarter to work within the system.

Nice straw man, btw. But there are only 435 voting House members (not 500+) and the number of votes required for election to Speaker is a simple majority of those actually voting less any member who votes present. Boehner was elected Speaker yesterday with around 200 votes - the fewest number of votes in the last 100 years.

The final tally does not reflect the futility of striking the king, it reflects the extreme unprincipled cowardice of a small handful of alleged conservatives who could AND should have forced a second ballot.

[tennmountainman]

Well said Bob.

[Osage Orange]

Yep!!