Saturday, December 24, 2011

It’s time for GOP House coup, storming the castle, get rid of Boehner, Cantor et al

The events of this past week’s botched payroll tax fight has shown that Speaker John Boehner and Eric Cantor are ill-suited to lead GOP Republicans.

They’re weak and need to be replaced with strong conservatives that know how to fight for their values. It’s time to get the ball rolling on a change in leadership and it needs to happen quickly!

The Hill reports Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) are being prodded by their House GOP colleagues to work through their battle-scarred relationship.


Republican lawmakers said they are frustrated with the perceived tension between the Speaker and his top lieutenant, especially heading into an election year that will bring a fierce battle with the Democrats for control of the House.


The stinging payroll-tax defeat has left many in the House GOP exasperated, with some publicly and privately questioning their leaders. A GOP insider said the tensions between Boehner and Cantor loyalists will reverberate into next year, and that the House Republican Conference could be in utter disarray in


More here

I don’t see the point of having either one of them. They’re both equally useless.

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