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Secret Ballot Could End
Boehner´s Speakership

Breitbart Big Government, by Mike Flynn

Original Article

Posted By:JoniTx, 12/23/2012 1:10:51 AM

The future leadership of the House GOP conference may be decided by a procedural motion on the morning of January 3rd. When the new 113th Congress convenes that day, the first order of business will be to elect a Speaker of the House. As my colleague Matthew Boyle reported, however, some GOP members are planning to preempt this vote with a motion to conduct the election of Speaker by secret ballot. If that were to happen, John Boehner may face a real fight to retain the Speaker´s gavel. But if a member introduces that resolution for a secret ballot,

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: ragu, 12/23/2012 1:22:04 AM     (No. 9080141)

Good.


Reply 2 - Posted by: HisHandmaiden, 12/23/2012 1:24:45 AM     (No. 9080143)

Your Headline ... to God´s plan... A Must Read!

[God is patient and never in a hurry... but God, America is in the balance... May we please have Col. Allen West as our new Speaker... for such a time as this...

Were the prerequisites that the Speaker did NOT need to be a Member of the House for a time like now... ]


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: oh-heck, 12/23/2012 1:35:43 AM     (No. 9080148)

We all know Democrats hate and fear secret ballots. Conservatives love them.


Reply 4 - Posted by: thelmalou, 12/23/2012 3:28:50 AM     (No. 9080182)

Works for me.


Reply 5 - Posted by: beamer, 12/23/2012 4:51:52 AM     (No. 9080196)

I agree, dump Boehner! Paul Ryan or Newt Gringrich would be a lot better. Newt would be my choice.


Reply 6 - Posted by: schach, 12/23/2012 4:52:43 AM     (No. 9080197)

not exactly sure you need to be a member of the House to be Speaker:

“The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers.”
— Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution


Reply 7 - Posted by: Spidey, 12/23/2012 5:31:53 AM     (No. 9080219)

Boehner´s clumsiness and incoherence on the fiscal cliff are one thing but having reprisals on his own members who don´t tow the line is something else.

No matter what kind of stupor the House republicans are in,Obama still needs them to allocate money,so they have more leverage than people think.

Obama and his henchmen desperately want the republicans to cave on taxes because they think it´ll be the end of them as a party.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: CecilStrange, 12/23/2012 5:43:33 AM     (No. 9080225)

Newt would be great but Ryan should be the guy.


Reply 9 - Posted by: Periwinkel, 12/23/2012 6:22:53 AM     (No. 9080235)

I just want a speaker who doesn´t negotiate with himself in front of every microphone available in the capitol building. That drives me up a wall when Boehner starts discussing all his various options with reporters.

Let me say this again, John: Reporters are not your friends!


Reply 10 - Posted by: ROLFnader, 12/23/2012 6:43:58 AM     (No. 9080247)

The Speaker does not need to be a member of the House.The Speaker does not need to be a member of the House. Thank me for not using upper case.


Reply 11 - Posted by: DCGIRL, 12/23/2012 7:09:43 AM     (No. 9080269)

Exactly #10. The Speaker does not need to be a member of the house. I suggested Newt yesterday. I also believe that the Majority Leader and Majority Whip does not have be a member of the house. My suggestions for these positions would be Allen West and Herman Cain. We need people that will fight back.


Reply 12 - Posted by: Judith, 12/23/2012 7:11:55 AM     (No. 9080272)

Oh, come on! With the last election, didn´t this country signal it wanted more incompetent leadership? And, with the universal support for jfkerry, can´t we now acknowledge that we have a congress full of gutless, immoral scum? Boehner will remain because the dems/pubbies (can you tell the difference?)have decided they like the way things are going.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: JimS, 12/23/2012 7:35:28 AM     (No. 9080290)

Yeah, and an HONEST ballot could have ended Obama´s presidency.
So what?


Reply 14 - Posted by: harleynyc, 12/23/2012 8:06:33 AM     (No. 9080328)

The Constitution does not require that the Speaker be an elected Member of Congress, but no non-member has ever been elected to the office. Make history. VOTE NEWT. A proven entity.


Reply 15 - Posted by: snapper451, 12/23/2012 8:08:50 AM     (No. 9080331)

Paul Ryan or someone who could articulate the debt issues and the insanity of the spending is what we need. Boehner, like the RNC, is only in this for the power grab, committee chairs, and perks that come with the office. A Tea Party revolt in Congress is what we need from Day 1 (actually two weeks before) Obama´s 2nd term begins. Let´s shut this operation down and wield an iron fist in the House. Ryan should also take on and expose Harry Reid. Let´s expose him as the real crook and union crony he is!


Reply 16 - Posted by: DCGIRL, 12/23/2012 8:18:46 AM     (No. 9080346)

We need someone that can make the Low Information Voter (Obama´s crowd) understand what is going on.....explain it in terms that a 1st grader can understand. This person also needs to be able to stand up to Obama, Pelosi, Reid, etc. He or she should be able to blast these people for what they are and not feel any guilt when doing it. I recommend Newt.


Reply 17 - Posted by: Janjan, 12/23/2012 8:33:03 AM     (No. 9080373)

Boehner has been a pathetic Speaker and needs to go along with the whole RINO good old body network of big money Republicans who have destroyed the Party.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: ann, 12/23/2012 8:43:12 AM     (No. 9080389)

Several of you are gung-ho on Newt being Speaker of the House.....
Do we never learn?....Newt is a big voice, articulate speaker, but is easily swayed to the other side, his foundation is shifty.-----Besides he just responded very recently on the homosexual marriage bill....he´s all for it.-----Why should we want MORE wishy, washy morally swishy people in control?---Newt will compromise, compromise, compromise!


Reply 19 - Posted by: twinkle93, 12/23/2012 9:38:51 AM     (No. 9080476)

These people are elected officials and should not hide their votes in secret.


Reply 20 - Posted by: lylacat, 12/23/2012 10:07:21 AM     (No. 9080533)

Secret or no secret; we all know Boehner has to go. We need leadership.


Reply 21 - Posted by: JAN, 12/23/2012 10:08:35 AM     (No. 9080537)

So nice that we allow the loudmouths and the bloggers to choose our congressional leaders.

So easily swayed by those who sit on the sidelines and trash those in the arena.


Reply 22 - Posted by: WilliMc, 12/23/2012 10:10:56 AM     (No. 9080545)

As a side note, they are also required to determine if the President-elect is qualified to hold that office, under Amendment 20, para. 3.

His father was a British citizen, and all his children are by law British citizens, regardless of where they were born. Obama carries dual citizenship.

Under the qualifications for President (Article II, Section 1) all any one carrying British citizenship could hold the office of President, if they were born before 1788, when the Constitution went into force.

A simple majority can prevent him from becoming President.


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: eoddad, 12/23/2012 10:41:43 AM     (No. 9080583)

I like Boehner as a person, but the stupid narcissist, shallow want to be dictator in the WH keeps beating him. The MSM must be beat as well as Obama and put back in their cage. To do this we need a Strategist and to tell the truth I don´t have a clue who that could be. Pray for our Nation.


Reply 24 - Posted by: 49 Ford, 12/23/2012 11:18:07 AM     (No. 9080628)

This writer comes across like a breathless terrier anticipating a t-bone steak that ain´t gonna be thrown his way.

They´ll never elect a non-incumbent to the Speakership,regardless of what the Constitution has to say about eligibility. It´s just not in the nature of the institution. And wasn´t Gingrich the guy who, by his own admission, went all squishy inside when in the presence of Bill Clinton?

Don´t kid yourselves - a strident, ideology totin´ Speaker would give the MSM a field day and make a terrific foil for Obama. He would not, as some folks here might hope, be the magic change agent who´d awaken America from her stupor. Be glad there are not enough potential votes in the House to elect such an individual.


Reply 25 - Posted by: bob913, 12/23/2012 12:38:55 PM     (No. 9080744)

Boehner told obama that he got some tax increases and asked him what he was going to offer back and obama said that nothing was the answer.

Boehner should have found the nearest camera and stated that instead of having it leak out.


Reply 26 - Posted by: bob913, 12/23/2012 1:49:54 PM     (No. 9080837)

Actual quote:
At one point, according to notes taken by a participant, Mr. Boehner told the president, "I put $800 billion [in tax revenue] on the table. What do I get for that?"

"You get nothing," the president said. "I get that for free."
---------------------

Boehner should have walked out.


Reply 27 - Posted by: horacer, 12/23/2012 2:01:08 PM     (No. 9080846)

No chance. Boehner will be speaker. Republicans won´t even try this.


Reply 28 - Posted by: rocket scientist, 12/23/2012 4:43:22 PM     (No. 9081006)

Let´s get rid of Boehner now. He´s a disaster for the Republican-led House.
He acts like a DemocRAT plant.


Reply 29 - Posted by: Muguy, 12/23/2012 6:36:38 PM     (No. 9081125)

Its time.



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