Quote: freeperjohn wrote in post #15

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Quote: W-Girl wrote in post #8

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The courage of Boehner and McConnell: No, they’re not Lincolns. But they did something good.

By Walter Shapiro

http://news.yahoo.com/the-courage-of-boe...-161133161.html

A "feel good" - if anyone is interested !!

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W-Girl
C'mon!?

Let's start at the beginning (2010) MEDIA PLOT

Then we get a 'HINT'at what is going on ..
Obama administration co-opting media analysts
'HINT'

Then there's this ..

Politico: The secret liberal journalist cabal
POLITICO

And Finally when have ..

Lookie, Lookie who is on the list:

1. Ezra Klein
2. Dave Weigel
3. Matthew Yglesias
4. David Dayen
5. Spencer Ackerman
6. Jeffrey Toobin
7. Eric Alterman
8. Paul Krugman
9. John Judis
10. Eve Fairbanks
11. Mike Allen
12. Ben Smith
13. Lisa Lerer
14. Joe Klein
15. Brad DeLong
16. Chris Hayes
17. Matt Duss
18. Jonathan Chait
19. Jesse Singal
20. Michael Cohen
21. Isaac Chotiner
22. Katha Pollitt
23. Alyssa Rosenberg
24. Rick Perlstein
25. Alex Rossmiller
26. Ed Kilgore
27. Walter Shapiro

There are 65 that have been discovered so far 'but' .. you can see where I am going?

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Was there even a conservative willing to step up to the leadership position? From what I've read nobody else was willing to step up to the plate. It is what it is.

Quote: steph wrote in post #17

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Was there even a conservative willing to step up to the leadership position? From what I've read nobody else was willing to step up to the plate. It is what it is.

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Zitat

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Boehner ran unopposed within his own party, contrary to speculation that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) might challenge him for the position. Just prior to the vote, Cantor told CNN that Boehner would “absolutely” be reelected. Cantor voted against the fiscal cliff deal, which raised taxes on a majority of Americans, but he voted for Boehner for speaker.

However, Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) told Human Events after the vote that “arm twisting” on Boehner’s behalf was “very intense” with threats that Republicans would lose plum committee assignments or campaign donations from the National Republican Congressional Committee if they opposed the speaker’s reelection.

Huelskamp is one of four Republican lawmakers who lost key committee assignments recently for reportedly voting against issues that were important to Boehner.

“The intimidation and pressure was intense, there are a lot of people that wanted to vote no and today, the last call, the last twisting of arms, convinced them not to do that,” Huelskamp said.

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http://www.humanevents.com/2013/01/03/ti...lected-speaker/

BTW: Votes in order of totals were;
1)Boehner
2)Pelosi
3)Cantor
4)Allen West

Leaders would step up to the plate regardless. They didn't.

I was hoping that somehow Louie Gohmert would have run against him.

Zitat

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And Finally when have ..

Lookie, Lookie who is on the list:

1. Ezra Klein
2. Dave Weigel
3. Matthew Yglesias
4. David Dayen
5. Spencer Ackerman
6. Jeffrey Toobin
7. Eric Alterman
8. Paul Krugman
9. John Judis
10. Eve Fairbanks
11. Mike Allen
12. Ben Smith
13. Lisa Lerer
14. Joe Klein
15. Brad DeLong
16. Chris Hayes
17. Matt Duss
18. Jonathan Chait
19. Jesse Singal
20. Michael Cohen
21. Isaac Chotiner
22. Katha Pollitt
23. Alyssa Rosenberg
24. Rick Perlstein
25. Alex Rossmiller
26. Ed Kilgore
27. Walter Shapiro

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Cripes. Reads like a guest list for a Bar Mitzvah.

Oh, heck, his reelection and this whole discussion just makes me want to pull a Boehner.