More Sources Claim Boehner’s On the Way Out as Speaker // UPDATE: BOEHNER RE-ELECTED

by Greg Campbell
TPNN Contributor

UPDATE 1:40 PM

John Boehner has been re-elected with 220 votes for Speaker of the House. Several House members abstained from voting for Boehner, with some voting for Majority Leader Eric Cantor and former Rep. Allen West. A total of 15 votes were abstained or for other candidates. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi received 192 votes.

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Speculation continues to heat up across Capitol Hill regarding Speaker of the House John Boehner’s future as Speaker. As TPNN reported yesterday, whispers were abound as Congressional sources claimed that efforts were underway to unseat Boehner. Now, as a new Congress is about to begin, sources are claiming that not only are there desires from Republicans to oust the moderate GOP leader, but that they may have the votes to do so.

Ron Meyer from American Majority Action claimed on Wednesday,

“I have confirmed with a group of Congressmen that Speaker Boehner will not be elected Speaker tomorrow. He will either resign or be forced out tomorrow.”

Breitbart News reported:

“Outgoing Louisiana Republican Rep. Jeff Landry told Breitbart News there are at least 17 GOP members who plan to unseat House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday… Landry said another member organizing the effort told him they’ve got at least 17 – which is the bare minimum needed to unseat Boehner. ‘They’re somewhere between 17 and 20,’ Landry said in a phone interview. ‘I think they’re trying to get to 25.’”

After last month’s purge by the Speaker, where conservatives were removed from key fiscal committee positions to silence opposition to any deal Boehner made, conservatives are uneasy with Boehner. However, The Hill reports that in an effort to keep his position, Boehner has promised that he will no longer negotiate with Obama one-on-one and that he is committed to “letting the House work its will.”

Many speculate that the heir presumptive is Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican who is reported to be disliked by President Obama from having sparred with the former Minority Whip on several occasions.

During last year’s debt ceiling talks, Obama lashed out at Cantor and stormed out of a meeting, yelling, “Eric, don’t call my bluff. I’ll take this to the American people.” Cantor later stated, “When the president was faced with a policy difference, he just didn’t like it.”

While America waits to welcome the 113^th Congress, Americans wait to see if political arm-twisting and moderate caving will have consequences for Boehner.