Having folded (twice) once again [3], a growing number of Republicans are increasingly disavowed with Speaker Boehner. As WaPo reports [4], the Senate Conservatives Fund (a Tea Party group) is calling for the Speaker's job, noting "unless we install a new leader who will actually go on offense, Democrats will never fear us and we will never have any leverage." The group is launching a petition that seeks to encourage at least 15 House Republicans to refuse to support Boehner for speaker...
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Partial text of the e-mail (via Washington Post) [4]:
Republicans are giving up because they know that winning is impossible when their leaders are determined to lose. These leaders have telegraphed weakness to the Democrats and sabotaged conservative efforts so many times that Republicans now have no leverage. There's only one solution.
John Boehner must be replaced as Speaker of the House.
Conservatives helped Republicans win a majority in the House of Representatives, which made it possible for John Boehner to become Speaker. Unfortunately, he has chosen to ignore us and help President Obama enact his liberal agenda.
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Unless we install a new leader who will actually go on offense, Democrats will never fear us and we will never have any leverage.
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read more here [4]
The group is launching a petition that seeks to encourage at least 15 House Republicans to refuse to support Boehner for speaker [5] -- a move that would deprive him of a majority of the House and shake up the process.