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Can We Replace John Boehner With Paul Ryan?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  November 13th, 2012 at 03:35 PM  | 

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John Boehner has been willing to throw his conference under the bus repeatedly. We know from the Bob Woodward book that he was willing to raise taxes. We know he cut a deal with Barack Obama without consulting the rest of his conference. We know it blew up in his face.

We know he now doesn’t even want to fight Obamacare, calling it the “law of the land.” We know he only walked back that statement because of the outrage that ensued.

We know he wants to start putting moderates into leadership positions like Cathy McMorris Rodgers instead of Tom Price. We know he is demanding conservatives “get in line”.

House Republicans are being badly served by John Boehner.

Paul Ryan managed to get through a brutal Presidential campaign with higher favorables than the incumbent Vice President, saw senior citizens actually gravitate to him instead of runaway from him and his proposals, and Paul Ryan is actually speaking up defending conservative values, ideals, and principles while John Boehner is trying to muddy them and compromise them away.

House Republicans should think very carefully if the faux-tanned face of John Boehner is the face they want for their party in the next two years. They should consider Paul Ryan as their Speaker.

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  • avgjo

    Newt would be good.

  • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

    Ryan would be an improvement over Boehner as Speaker, but we also need a plan bolder than the old Ryan Plan, which accepted the massive Welfare State as a fact only to be tweaked.

  • jb13

    Awesome idea! Then, during the State of the Union, Ryan can sit behind Obama and next to Biden and bust a gut every time Obama says anything. Karma – it could be what’s for breakfast. Seriously, though, Ryan would make an excellent Speaker, and would have made a great candidate for president. I was disappointed when he didn’t run in the first place.

  • grumpyKoz

    Agree, Completely.
    I have been saying this for two years.
    Mr. Boehner is NOT providing the leadership needed to counter the Marxist onslaught of Obama and Reid.
    Don’t forget to add E .Cantor to that list. He is not the leader we need. If he were, he would have been pushing Mr. Boehner in the correct direction

    P. Ryan would be a great choice.

  • fpete13527

    YES, excellent recommendation. Boehner OUT..yesterday and Ryan IN immediately.

  • septembergurl

    Yes I would like to see a Leadership position for Ryan that went beyond the Budget Chair. However, I also want him to run for President in 2016. In order to do that he would have to leave the House after 2 years as Speaker (in order to start his campaign, fundraising in 2015. )

    Therefore, why not Cantor as Speaker and Ryan as Majority leader? I’m not crazy about Cantor but he would be an improvement over Weepy.

    I would love to see Ryan on the dais when Obama gives the SOTU, though.

  • notthatmoore

    I’m all for Ryan replacing Boehner, but the person I would like to see replace him is Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan.

  • Jim_Riggs

    I don’t like Boehner but I’m reminded of what my mother always told me… be careful what you wish for. :)

  • ArchTriumph

    Damn right, nuff said.

  • luvnthebigsites

    90% you say?… Name ‘em.

    Boehner and his job, (that sucks) Is the last line of defense we have regardless of the “realities” he and his caucus have to face. If Boehner is not comfortable with his responsibility to defend the constitution and LEAD the House towards fiscal sanity then the House needs to replace him.

    Do you have a better idea other than capitulation Freemkts?

  • runner12

    I was just thinking about this the other day. I am all for it. Ryan would be a great Speaker.

  • macbookben

    If successful, would be a good return on investment off a billion dollars and an ocean of blood, sweat, and tears from R&R voters.

  • kowalski

    I can’t think of a single reason why I’d want to keep Boehner as the Speaker.

    Particularly not now: he’s “Mr. Cave”. I never realized when I read the story of Floyd Collins as a youngster that I was really reading about John Boehner, but it’s true, and it’s even more harrowing than reading the book at seven years old was. And that says a lot, because it kept me awake for two weeks in utter freakout.

    I couldn’t put it down, I was haunted by it…and then just recently I realized: “That’s John Boehner’s speakership!”

    http://www.amazon.com/Trapped-The-Story-Floyd-Collins/dp/0813101530

    People might find that surprising coming from me, but they really shouldn’t. I agree: Boehner has to go.

  • garfieldjl

    If we look at the situation I don’t think Paul Ryan would do any better than Boehner, nor would Newt Gingrich.
    Bill Clinton was not a far-left ideologue, he was willing to compromise on things and was willing to work with the Republicans on issues instead of the “my way or the highway” attitude. Clinton actually cared about what effects complete paralysis of Government would do to the country, so Boehner is facing a far more difficult situation than Newt did.
    Obama and Reid are probably more than willing to cause a government shutdown, they really don’t care how much of a negative impact it will have on the American people. The left wing media is more than willing to parrot the narrative that Republicans are somehow to blame for the shutdown and why the public is getting hurt. John Boehner knows all of this and is left with a horrible set of options, it doesn’t matter if Obama and Reid are the ones responsible, the Republicans and Boehner will be the scapegoats.
    In summary, I think McConnell is more of a problem than Boehner, and I understand the frustration everyone feels towards Boehner but I think we all need to remember that Obama is no Bill Clinton, Obama’s idea of bipartisanship is they all do things his way with no compromises, no negotiations; and he’s more than willing to cause the American people to suffer in order to get his way.

  • Tbone

    There are far more racists in the Democrat Party than in the Republican Party. They just enjoy letting white doctors abort black babies and keeping black and brown people ignorant, uneducated and on the Democrat teat.

  • Tbone

    Cantor? Boehners Boy Friday?

  • Common_Cents

    what can we do? DO WHAT WE CAN. Make the left own it. When the SHTF, we have a chance.

  • garfieldjl

    Which would do what exactly? Not sure that C-Span would cover it for starters, 2nd of all the media would spin it to bash Gingrich and praise Obama.
    Additionally, not many people pay attention to C-Span for it to be of any help, in fact the people that would probably watch are the ones that voted for Romney. The people that voted for Obama probably wouldn’t watch it.

  • garfieldjl

    The House passed a budget, Boehner and the Republicans in the House fulfilled their Constitutional Responsibilities as much as they could.
    Can’t remember what Fox News show had Boehner showing that Republicans were doing something, but his entire desk was covered with copies of legislation that had passed the House (including the budgets passed by Republicans since they regained the House), not one of them has been allowed up for debate in the Senate.
    In order for legislation to become law, it has to pass the House and the Senate, I don’t get why we should blame Boehner and Republicans in the House when they upholding their Constitutional Responsibilities; when the real problem is Harry Reid whom doesn’t allow any of what passed the House be discussed in the Senate…

  • garfieldjl

    Which is kinda what Boehner has been doing already, he’s Speaker of the House, he has no control over what goes on in the Senate. Reid doesn’t allow anything up for discussion and the media goes along with the scam in order to blame Republicans in the House.
    Unless there is some congressional rule that you know about that Boehner can use to force the issue in the senate, I’m not sure he really has anything else that he can do.
    Now, I think it is substancially more likely there is a rule that McConnell can use to force legislation to be put up for debate in the senate (particularly the budgets passed by the Republicans in the House); which means we should be concentrating on McConnell’s lack of a spine, not bashing Boehner whom has no say on what happens in the US Senate.

  • luvnthebigsites

    Because the “end around” is the continuing resolution. If Newt can shut the government down for “welfare reform” than Boehner can get a budget passed the senate based on constitutional principals a 3rd grader can understand.

    That is if he doesn’t have people in comment threads and the new media making excuses for him on a daily basis.

  • Jim_Riggs

    It’s not looking good for Congressman West.

  • http://www4.webng.com/rickbull/lostlucky/ rickbull

    The Republicans had a majority in the House and the Senate from January,
    1995 until January, 2007. Guess when the Great Recession started?

  • garfieldjl

    Did the media cover that tidbit, no they did not. Additionally the House has passed their own budgets; can anyone tell me what Authority the Speaker of the House has over the United States Senate?

  • http://www4.webng.com/rickbull/lostlucky/ rickbull

    Speaking of Kings, Steve King of Iowa might make a good nominee, as well. And, yes, I like Pete King very much.

  • garfieldjl

    Yeah and they will spin it so that Republicans are the scapegoat. What we need to do is get people to wake up and understand the fact the left-wing media has been lieing to them or only telling them half-truths at best.

  • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

    Essentially yes gar’, you are right.

  • garfieldjl

    Okay I’ve just posted up a diary entry as to why this won’t accomplish anything, Erick I suggest you also read it: http://www.redstate.com/garfieldjl/2012/11/13/why-replacing-boehner-would-be-rather-pointless/

    Additionally, I think people need to dig up their copies of the United States Constitution:

    Article I: Sections 5 & 7 to be specific http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

    So unless Speaker Boehner is a US Senator, which he isn’t, he doesn’t have any authority over the senate except for maybe cutting their vacations short (assuming anyone will enforce Article I: Section 5).

  • luvnthebigsites

    Boehner may get a majority but it wont even be close to 90%, and I like your Idea, I just wish Boehner had 10% of Don Corleone in him… If he did I wouldn’t be calling for his ouster. /salute

  • JSobieski

    Communication skills matter. As speaker, Ryan would get more press…. More opportunities to make the conservative case

  • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

    Well, at least we control the House, and so we would like to have a leader that advances the conservative case where we can “win”. But in the senate, no matter who we have as leader, we lose. At least that’s why I put more emphasis on Boehner. Boehner and the House do weild real power. But what really was brought home to me by your comment is that unless we control both houses of Congress, the “power” we hold is Pyrrhic. And even then we would need to have the guts to shut down the government given Obama’s stance that probably cares not if the govt were permanently shut down. He would simply rule via exec fiat. Hence, the only real way to govern conservatively is by holding all branches. Meanwhile, we are AWOL from all institutions of the culture save talk radio. btw, has a heroic movie about Reagan been made yet…smile

  • luvnthebigsites

    No Gamecock No!!! How can the president run a shut down government via “fiat” or executive order? The only way is if the speaker of the house lets him. Giving up till the next election is not “leadership”.

    /Salute

  • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

    luv’, I have changed my mind about my Election night column advocating letting Obama have his full agenda in order to try and best avoid being held accountable for what is coming and to hasten the crash so as to better re-educate the electorate on the failures of liberalism; BUT you ask “how” Obama could run an un-funded government unless we “let” him? Well, the short answer is via IOUs! But did we “let” him defy court orders voiding the oil drilling moratorium? Did we “let” him enact the Dream Act and gut Welfare reform? I seem to recall a President Jackson daring the SupCt to enforce an order. Of course, you are right to suggest that it would be quite difficult for him to get the military to function on IOUs for long, much less the NYSE, but seriously, do you favor a government shutdown given his re-election? I did favor one soon after the 2010 tea partier mandate. But now? Still thinking and thanks for the challenge ‘ites.

  • garfieldjl

    I don’t think McConnell holds the keys to the country, and while yes Boehner is higher up the line as far as succession, it is immaterial because he has no say over what goes on in the senate. McConnell is the Senate Minority leader, effectively gagging the Senate Minority Leader would even get some in Reid’s own party to hopefully protest.
    So this argument needs to be about McConnell, not Boehner whom can’t do much when it comes to the Senate according to Article I, Section 5 of the United States Constitution.

  • guein

    I have put this on my Christmas wish list: Ryan in, Boehner out.

  • Lucas Black

    I’m a fan of Speaker Boehner. I do not want him to be replaced.

  • Melody Warbington

    Thanks for the elaboration on McMorris Rodgers. Both she and Price seem like good choices. Like I said before, I like the idea of having a conservative woman in that spot for a change.

  • dolphie

    If you want Paul Ryan or another GOP Rep -> CONTACT: Your US Representative – tell them you do NOT want Boehner as Speaker of the House and you want Paul Ryan OR you want someone elected into the House as of 2010 through to this election. BE SPECIFIC time wise or we will be stuck with another old sellout country club RINO rather than a TRUE patriot who will fight for ALL of us. Don’t know how to contact your US Rep? –> http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

  • rickbillies

    I thought that Ryan should have been our Presidential nominee. As Speaker, he would be the de facto leader of the Party. John Boehner can be neither. Don’t let his age stand in his way. By the way, I don’t believe Cathy McMorris Rogers is moderate. Either she or Tom Price would be a good choice. Add a job like the Democrats did with Clyburn. After all we have a bigger caucus.

  • donr

    YES, YES, YES, the quicker Boehner goes, the better for our Country and the Conservative movement.

  • phillv

    Boehner should not have been put in the job he now has

  • givemefreedom

    John Boehner should be replaced. He’s got a proven record of WRONG decision making and especially being ineffective wielding the power of the house gavel.
    Any one of the house members will bring a positive change to that leadership position. Paul Ryan would be good, Michelle Bachmann would be better.
    Michelle Bachmann for Speaker of the House!

  • givemefreedom

    Paul Ryan is NOT the best conservatives have to offer.

  • richtfan

    he is NOT a conservative. He is a capitulator and needs to be replaced by a real conservative. in fact, i’d go so far as to say that Ryan would NOT be the best choice. I’d pick someone who was willing to lay it all on the line and pick a fight with anyone who supports Obama. Someone like Louis Gohmert.

  • ihateliberals

    Excellent suggestion of Michelle Bachman. How could we make this happen>?

  • richtfan

    then shut down the government and let them own the piece of crap legislation. have some nads.

  • richtfan

    boehner needs to be front and center EVERY single day informing the people by whatever means necessary that Reid is NOT allowing bills to be discussed or voted on. Instead, he sits back like Bob Michel and is just the happy loser in the corner drawing his lifetime check and pension.

  • caskinner

    I can’t stand Boehner.. He has no backbone and is a RINO. He needs to be replaced and Ryan would be a great choice.

  • celador2

    Boehner is no good at leading,winnng or holding seats. He lost about 40 seats 2006 and even more 2008. It was not John Boehner who drove the tea prty movement over deficit spending and expansion of federal power. That revolutionary push hit like a lightening bolt by April 2009. Obamacare was a rally cry to REPEAL ever since the partisan way it passed and took over the health care system.

    Tea party was the grass roots national drive that elected a Republican majority 2010. House Minority leader, John Boehner became Speaker as a result of tea party wins 2011. But, he said on TV Nov 2012 that there is no tea party caucus as well as Obamcare is law of the land. True to Boehner form, he lost seats 2012.
    .
    Paul Ryan may be part of the problem in House leadership caucus, not in his ideas or his budget plan to remove debt in 30 years, but in his ties to leadership and keeping the pecking order in place of which Chr Budget committee is a part. Are the votes there to defeat Boehner? Ryan would have to work for them. The is a good campaigner the last time I checked.

    Think about it, Paul Ryan, a challenge to Boehner is in order win or lose this round. Fiscal conservatism is the first item Boehner sacrifices. Can Ryan sign on to the deals Boehner will cut with Democrats?

  • oat21

    Please turn off notifications email or advise me how I can turn them off….

  • strepagnier

    Contact your representative. Write, call, get on their Facebook page, tweet or all of the above. Make this public as possible so other people do the same things. Backing Erick up on RS isn’t enough. They all have fb pages and Boehner and all the republicans are getting beat up by mean spirited dems telling them what to do.

  • chernjam

    That would be the first good political news I’ve read since last Tuesday to get rid of whiny, weepy, Boehner with someone with balls like Ryan. Listening to Boehner has been infuriating me to no end, rubbing salt in an open wound. Putting Ryan in as Speaker would send a clear message that Obamas victory was NOT a mandate – that (unfortunately) we’re stuck – but that at least half of the ticket that drew nearly as much support as Obama did will still be around to challenge him… The debate continues,

  • whitetop

    Boehner runs the House like a union shop steward; with an iron fist. You do it my way or you don’t get the committee assignment you want. But on the other had he capitulates to anything the dems want. A loss to him is like the end of it; no reason to stand up and fight. Who knows what Boehner really stands for? The leaders in the house and senate should be selected on the basis of ability not a popularity contest. McConnell is as weak kneed as Boehner and also needs to go.

  • redneckthinker

    Amen!

  • Ari

    We seem to forget:

    Sara Palin was castigated without
    being given any positive main stream media positives, or decent coverage of her
    great views, speeches. Instead hundreds
    of media wolves were dispached to “take her out.”

    However, Paul Ryan was not made a
    Piranha! ???

    Because he articulated well with
    little to attack. The media simply
    avoided his clear expression of truths, facts, and ideals.

    A man (or woman) of integrity, standing
    up for something, with clear articulation, will always be avoided by the media. That Paul Ryan was not attacked more, was
    curious to me.

    Lets put such a man in a post of House Leader where his
    voice MUST be reported.

    Also as a side note, what house race in the nation got the
    most Democrat funding opposition?
    It was Perhaps the most effective black voice in Congress.
    I bet he could win the Senate in Florida with better financial backing.

    We must not let them silence an articulate black voice that tells the truth with passion.

    I am still not convinced that Cain did not mainly suffer from a worse than Palin style Hatchet Job. He would have gotten a good deal of black vote otherwise.

    WE as a PARTY must consider “Why?”

    If BHO is the only national black voice, he gets the black vote.

    An ARTICULATE black voice will bring in a huge percentage of the socially conservative black vote. We need more black representatives and senator to stand beside the brown Rubio’s and Cruz’s … Whose races prove my point.

    If the Republican Party wants to win in 2014, the articulate TEA PARTY type of
    black and brown candidates need our full and massive support at grass roots
    even if the Bohnner’s won’t ~~!

    Truth, articulated well, by all colors of men and women, will dismantle the BHO/Reid/Frank/Pelosi cesspool that has so infected this nation.

    We had better get started recruiting and supporting the best we can find,

    and do it NOW.

  • eldstenorge

    Last week I called and talked to my Congressman, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, about this, about getting rid of Boehner and putting Paul Ryan in as Speaker. Jason is known as a great conservative, however, he would hear nothing of it, saying that we do not have enough time to do this. He was very reluctant to do anything and I am very disappointed in him on this. I feel like, why should I work my butt off for the party when this is what is leading us? I tried to tell them Romney was not our best candidate, though in the end I did support him, mostly because of Paul Ryan. Yes, I am one of those Mormons who believes in voting for principle instead of voting for someone just because they are the same religion as I. Anyway, I feel like not voting Republican or at all if we have to put up with this kind of leadership again. And McConnell should go as well. And Reince Preibus as well. We thought he would be such a great improvement over Michael Steele, as he had done so much with Wisconsin, but he did not fight for us in this election, as Mitt really did not fight for our issues either. Now we are stuck with Obama and the Democrats today telling us they want to drive us over the fiscal cliff just to make Republicans look bad. Did anyone really ever believe Democrats and Obama really wanted to work with Republicans? What they want to work with us on is voting for what they propose, not listening to us. Why bother if this is the leadership we are going to have?

  • mtruth

    The difference between boehner and ryan is the difference between a failure and a victor. When a failure loses, he acquiesces. a victor turns a loss into resolve.

    let’s start a bench boehner campaign

  • caskinner

    ???????

  • betacitizen

    “House Republicans are being badly served by John Boehner.” Doh! Then fire him. If you can’t pull that off, then stop whining and learn to work with him.

  • betacitizen

    “House Republicans are being badly served by John Boehner.” Doh! Then fire him. If you can’t pull that off, then stop whining and learn to work with him.

  • betacitizen

    Michelle Bachman is unavailable as she is giving the keynote address at a village idiot’s conference

  • deadlanguageoflove

    Be serious. Ryan wasn’t even enough to win his home district.

  • deadlanguageoflove

    Like how they lied about those polls that turned out to be true? Seriously guy, time to leave your comfortable little bubble.

  • deadlanguageoflove

    Brilliant. Connecting two unrelated events. The housing sector last contributed positively to GDP growth in 2005, but don’t let reality in, the entire global financial system collapsed because some Dems took Congress in 2007. LOL.

  • deadlanguageoflove

    What on Earth are you talking about?! Palin was completely ignorant of most subjects. Ryan’s plan literally does not add up, and you get mad at the “media” for this?! How about pushing for intelligent candidates with serious, score-able proposals. Quit blaming everyone else.

    And silencing an articulate black voice?! Who? West? Yeah, he lost fair and square, that’s not silencing, that’d Democracy. He’s free to continue scaring away moderates and independents by saying whatever he wants.

    Seems like your version of truth is whatever you want to hear.

  • celador2

    Thumbs down!

  • celador2

    Both chambers must have a common or joint budget to submit to the president. This budget is negotiated in a meeting of both chambers in a conference. But, for three years that process was not met even when Obama and Democrats had a super majority for the first two years of his term. They could have had a budget no Republican could stop!
    After 2010 there was a voter backlash on DC spenfing and GOP took House. Paul Rayn as new chair Budget committeee wated a budgert and made an outreach effort to the other chamber, the Senate. Ryan wanted to negotitae a budget in good faith. Reid refused.
    The Govenment has continued to be run by patches, Continuing Resolutions and votes to raise the debt ceiling. John Boehner and the House, a majoritarian body agreed to the short term CRs.
    There is a Budget Act 1974 that states there must be one, but no one paid any attention to it until some tea party Senators made it an issue..
    Obama wants to raise taxes 1.6 tr over several years and that is going to produce a standoff with Boehner and McConnell in Senate, mostly for show by Speaker Boehner. When it comes to fighting for spending increases even if it grows the debt, Obama is a tough nut to crack. He stands his ground.

  • http://www.BillBowenAuthor.com RightinSanFrancisco

    The Rogers / Price contest for the number 4 position in the House is instructional. There are no women committee chairs; Michelle Bachman lost this post to the very well qualified Jeb Hensarling last time. A majority of the voters are women. If we cannot figure out a way to have at least one woman’s voice at the table we certainly have no interest in talking to women. If not his position, where? If not Rogers, who?
    Offered by an old white guy – with a wife and two daughters.
    www.RightinSan
    Francisco.com

  • wumingren

    If the GOP establishment retains Boehner as Speaker of the House, I will leave the GOP. I have been marginally a Republican since 2000, having been a staunch Republican for decades prior. If Boehner stays, the GOP will die. We need a new party, not a third party, but a new party, one that will sequester all the RINOs into one little lump of a third party called the GOP.

  • wumingren

    I stopped giving money to the RNC and the MNGOP in 2000, when I saw up close and personal how the elite RINOs operate. I have since contributed directly to candidates of my choice, cutting out the middle RINO, who can’t be trusted to spend the money wisely.

  • brojohn2

    YES! Move Boehner to the back row, as far away as possible from any position that even smells like it might be leadership. He is a RINO of the worst kind!!!!

  • mogul264

    Boehner is a joke, unfortunately for the GOP! He has NO backbone, and falls over backward when Obama looks hard at him! Maybe he’s just a little too ‘sensitive’, if you get what I mean! We need someone like Ryan, who has proven he can stand there, trading punch for punch, when in the clutches! Boehner ISN’T that guy!

  • marcustullius

    Paul Ryan does not go far enough. His budget seeks to pare back spending to 2008 levels over many years, which would require trillions in additional debt in the meantime, while the Democrats continue buying themselves votes with other people’s money. Congress must take away Obama’s credit card now, which means no debt ceiling increase, precipitating an economic crisis in 2013, and triggering a boom in 2014 in time to re-elect the Congress. Obama must be made to preside over the biggest cuts in federal government spending in history, and that can only occur now.

  • http://www4.webng.com/rickbull/lostlucky/ rickbull

    I am personally hoping that when his term is up, Mad Mahmoud slips quietly back into obscurity. Please don’t take my comment the wrong way: I, too, pray that we can settle with Iran peacefully. Yes, I like Darrell Issa and Jeff Sessions very much. Both are strong conservatives and honorable men. I wouldn’t mind seeing either in the Speaker’s position.

  • checkmate2012

    rickbull, I knew what you meant and didn’t take it otherwise :) Oh, and I was talking about Pete Sessions from TX! I like Jeff Sessions too but he’s too soft spoken, smart indeed tho’.

  • ontap

    Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate, it is time. The Bain de Soleil model, casually referred to as the Speaker of the House and the Alexander’s
    department store coffee counter attendant, casually referred to as the Senate
    Minority Leader, need to go. With the former, any leader, namely one who is
    third in line to be president, that cannot deliver their state for their presidential candidate is parochial in their efforts. As for the latter, gleefully chirping the melody of “My Old Kentucky Home”, as he vigorously opposed the nominations of Supreme Court Associate Justices Kagan and Sotomayor…. he would undoubtedly exhibit the same demeanor towards the nominations of such “middle of the road” legal luminaries Hillary Clinton
    and Cass Sunstein. Paul Ryan as Speaker, Jim DeMint as the Senate Minority
    Leader. They are more than capable to engage administration policies and
    “make transparent” the executive orders that circumvent the legislative branch. Be brazen!

  • cactusbob

    You are right on the money, rabun. Boehner is what’s wrong with the Republican Party, and Paul Ryan would be a great replacement. McConnell is just as much a drag in the Senate, and Jim DeMint would be a marvelous improvement there – besides being a superb writer. These 2 men as speakers would energize the GOP like you couldn’t even imagine. If there isn’t new blood in those positions, there will be more blood on the streets.

  • cactusbob

    Way to go, Friday. The SCF is Jim DeMint’s baby, and he uses it to pick good conservatives and get them elected to the Senate. He found it was impossible to change the Senate, so he figured that what he needed to do was change the people IN the Senate. He’s making good progress every two years. Donating to SCF assures you the bucks will be used wisely, something that CANNOT be said about the RNC. I’m a fan of SCF too.

  • http://erickbrockway.wordpress.com/ Erick Brockway

    The snark eludes you.

  • cactusbob

    I disagree. Boehner could do a lot more to stifle the socialists than he is doing, especially signaling his willingness to compromise. Compromising with Obama is deciding how much you’ll give away, and that should be ZERO! Boehner’s best ammunition is daily press conferences to announce the skullduggery that Obama is up to.

  • norris

    Here is a new name always positive and knows he can win and never gives up Lou Holtz .

  • cactusbob

    His ground is easy to stand when his opponents give up easily. Boehner and McConnell need to stand even more firmly.

  • kipling

    I donate to the SCF as well and recommend it to others.

  • rsu65

    I learned a lesson about Boehner several years ago. He had been in Alaska to visit several oil fields and on his return the first thing out of his mouth was to tout the “all the above” energy solution and praise the value of wind, solar and biomass in order to reduce our “dependency on foreign oil”. The language was straight out of the Green Movement’s hand book on killing Ameica. Solving our drilling problems has been down hill ever since. He gives the typical Boehner lip service to increasing oil, coal and gas exploration and development untill the conservative base pins him up against the wall. I agree he is RINO to the nth degree and should be replaced as speaker. Ryan is establishmet but honest and speaks his heart.

  • rsu65

    My next thought was “and how about that Sen Portman”. Three peas in a pod.

  • celador2

    I agree, raising the debt and taxes is a soft touch for Obama with Boehner and McConnell as oppoents. They need pressure to allow a Paul Ryan, for example, chr Budget com from House and maybe Ron Johnson, Senate Conservative Fund to have more say in negotiations.

  • ptrainer110

    You guys are laughable. The country just rejected Paul Ryan and the Ryan budget. Polling indicates a small but important majority favor higher taxes for the rich as part of a bigger plan to bring down the deficit. Not listening to this will result in more losses. The GOP/TP did not win a majority of popular votes in the House either. They lost nationally by over 500k votes. While not a huge amount, it shows that without gerrymandering from the 2010 election, the Democrats would also control the House. This is not a strong position and refusing to deal will likely lead to further losses and maybe even losing control of the House in 2014. You guys act like nothing existed before the current tax rates existed. Trust me, if the top tax rate goes from 35 to 39.6%, or something like that, for incomes over 250k or 500k or whatever is agreed, the world will not come to an end.
    Ryan and his radical budget are losers. Its one of the big reasons Romney didn’t win. I guess some of you didn’t get the memo, and now instead of rejecting this loser and his loser policies, you want to give him a promotion. Genius!

  • westcoastpatriette

    Not a strong position? We control 30 Governorships and the House. You are the ones who will see major losses in 2014 when the reality of your socialist fantasies hit home. Go someplace else where the people cannot face reality. As a conservative website, lefty loons aren’t welcome here.

  • MoeLane

    Yes, I agree:this last week HAS sucked for Obama.

  • remalimo

    Some how I think that you all have missed something about a year ago “We make the rules as we go along”. I think that precedence has established itself. So what keeps the R’s from taking charge like the D’s did in the Obama Care?

  • streiff

    no cojones?

  • barfaulkner

    You would not believe what the young gentleman that called me for donations for the RNC. He said we owe young people 10,000 each to go to college. Don’t they screen democrats out of their phone bank solicitors? Geez……. I told them no money because they RNC bailed on all candidates except Romney. What is this idea that the second man in one nomination run gets to run in the next 4 year election? McCain sealed his fate with the amnesty plan with Kennedy. Romney sealed his fate when he FAILED to realize that he was NOT going to get any Latino vote but would gain in the number of people voting for him for saying ILLEGALS GO HOME. What is this crap of ignoring our unemployed being ousted by illegals? My brother said he would RUN to the polls if one said they would close our borders. He didn’t vote because no one assured him that his job wasn’t going to some illegal who works cheaper. Where is the unions on this? What is going on really…. does anyone know? I truly believe that the democratic machine pushed the illegals to vote so we lost because of their votes.. they elected our president for us. There weren’t enough dead people voting so the Latinos were needed. Geez……. I had to wait the last time at the bank while the illegal in front of me was wiring all their money south of the border. Why is our government so h*(** bent on keeping them here? Do you suppose now after the elections they will close the border? We are stupid!

  • http://www4.webng.com/rickbull/lostlucky/ rickbull

    Yep, I like Pete, too. And it might also create a scheduling conflict with Jeff Sessions–since he’s a senator…

  • mathews

    Or Eric Cantor or Louie Gohmert or Trey Gowdy or Even Newt Gingrich ( per US Constitution it’s NOT Required 2 Be House Member )

  • checkmate2012

    rickbull- doh! What were we not thinking!! Conflict indeed.

  • norris

    The vice president position could be left vacant.

  • commonsenseobserver

    Well, we can’t do anything.

    Although it’d be epic for Conservatives to threaten returning Nancy Pelosi to the Speakership if John Boehner and Eric Cantor do not step aside.

  • 1689

    Get rid of this fool Boehner. Obama’s golfed more than any other recent President. The visual image, again & again & again, would have killed him politically with the high unemployment. What does Boehner, the perpetually tan idiot do? Golfs with Obama, whenever it’s convenient for Obama. And who get’s his picture on the front page of the papers in golf pants, chipping to the green? You already know the answer.

  • davidmadison

    I have long held the opinion that Boehner was nothing more than an Oboma lap dog, trained, (like a pet chihuahua), to growl and snarl at the pointing finger for treats. Looks mean but totally the controlled pet of the owner (Obama).

  • fuigeneris

    How about Allen West for Speaker?

  • danielbdp

    Been thinking the same for months…Boehner does not get/stand Conservatives, and is utterly ineffective/counterproductive in dealing with Obama. how can we help get this done quickly? Would RS circulating a petition help?

  • danielbdp

    …full of Obama drones. Can’t stand Conservative women leaders? Though all Libs were sooo tolerant…