Posted on 09/08/2015 6:44:56 PM PDT by cotton1706
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), one of the 28 Republicans who publicly supports replacing House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)with a Republican alternative, told Breitbart News on Tuesday that Boehner does not have enough support within the Republican conference to win re-election with just Republican votes.
Therefore, Mulvaney said, should there be a vote on a privileged resolution on a motion to vacate the chair of the House of Representativesa fancy term for a vote to remove Boehner from the speakershipthe only way Boehner can keep his job is if Democrats vote for him to bail him out.
The math depends on the Democrats, doesnt it? Mulvaney told Breitbart News in a phone interview on Tuesday afternoon. I think if all the Democrats were to vote against John, hed lose the Speakership, but I dont think anyone knows where the Democrats stand.
Technically, the magic number for Boehner to lose re-election without a Democrat infusion or some kind of shenanigans where members dont show up to vote or something akin to that is 29 Republicans voting against him. There are 28 Republicans publicly opposed to Boehners re-election, but many more privately who have confirmed that they cant vote for Boehner to Mulvaney and others. Many more are teetering on the edge of becoming public, and Boehners team is certainly terrified, as Politicos Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan detailed on Tuesday morning.
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Putting all of the Cantor accolades on notice by thumping Boner is a good idea.
The Republican party today is the Democrat party today. Of course the Democrats will ‘bail out’ Boehner. It’s already a done deal.
Right now, there are so mant Americans that are absolutely disgusted with their career politician reps... that new, TEA party, constitutional conservatives should be even more viable than 2010.
I am not a good communicator... I drop far too many F-bombs.
Today, thats all people understand. So you may be better than you think.
And looking at the damage the GOP has done to America, would anyone notice? I doubt it.
Seriously. No joke.
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