Boehner Lacks Enough GOP Votes for Re-Election, His Future Depends on Whether Dems Bail Him Out

breitbart.com ^ | 9/8/15 | Matthew Boyle

[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 Representatives—a fancy term for a vote to remove Boehner from the speakership—the only way Boehner can keep his job is if Democrats vote for him to bail him out.

“The math depends on the Democrats, doesn’t it?” Mulvaney told Breitbart News in a phone interview on Tuesday afternoon. “I think if all the Democrats were to vote against John, he’d lose the Speakership, but I don’t 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 don’t show up to vote or something akin to that is 29 Republicans voting against him. There are 28 Republicans publicly opposed to Boehner’s re-election, but many more privately who have confirmed that they can’t vote for Boehner to Mulvaney and others. Many more are teetering on the edge of becoming public, and Boehner’s team is certainly terrified, as Politico’s Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan detailed on Tuesday morning.

[Paladin2]

Putting all of the Cantor accolades on notice by thumping Boner is a good idea.

[glennaro]

In supporting the House Boner, Democrats are simply behaving as Democrats .... it's the Republicans who will vote to save the Boner who abhor conservatism and the voters who gave them the House. Both Boner support groups are simply serving their political (and far too often, their personal) interests.

[Lazamataz]

The Republican party today is the Democrat party today. Of course the Democrats will ‘bail out’ Boehner. It’s already a done deal.

[Rodamala]

Having just returned to PA from a work-related trip to Anderson, Cherokee and Smith counties, Texas, if I want a decent HOR rep like Louie Gohmert, I may just have to sell the farm and move to East Texas... then again Judge Gohmert just said last week on the radio when he was guest hosting on Hannity's radio program, that if the 0bama/Lurch Iran Nuclear Weaponization deal goes through, he is not going to run for reelection.

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.

[Norm Lenhart]

Today, thats all people understand. So you may be better than you think.

[Norm Lenhart]

And looking at the damage the GOP has done to America, would anyone notice? I doubt it.

Seriously. No joke.