Breaking - Boehner will announce that he is resigning as speaker-Boehner's office says not true

[malaise]

Last edited Wed Jan 2, 2013, 05:49 PM - Edit history (1)

at 5.00pm today - Conservative guest on Bashir!!!

[sadbear]

1. Holy crap!

[UTUSN]

25. ... "What rough(er) beast slouches to Bethlehem to be born?"

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[Mojorabbit]

77. OMG. I just spewed my wine! LOL nt

[CatWoman]

2. LOL

We always post at the same time.

I'll delete mine

[malaise]

5. Don't

[CatWoman]

10. already did

LOL - Don't want to clutter up GD

[mikiturner]

6. *RUMOR*

This has not been verified. Not saying it may not happen, but this is a RUMOR AT THIS POINT.

[calimary]

74. I'll bet it's eric cantor behind this. I bet HE is the one spreading the rumors.

Wouldn't he love it, with his planet-size ego, to take boner's place as Speaker of the House! You know he would! I'll bet he's doing it selectively and he has a bunch of his staffers and operatives and this little weasel who went on Martin Bashir's show spreading those rumors too.

SCHMUCK!!! I smell a rat. Although I smell a rat anytime someone with an "r" by his/her name comes into my field of vision or within earshot. It's basically because that's what they ARE. Fitting that they have "r" by their name. "R" in this case stands for RAT.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Probably decided to jump before he got pushed.

[el_bryanto]

8. Yep. All hail Cantor, new Lord of the Conservatoids!

Or Ryan at an outside chance? But i'm pretty sure it will be Cantor.

[CatWoman]

13. I, for one, welcome our Insect Overlords

[global1]

39. If The Repugs Really Want To Save Their Party From Extinction They Should.....

elect a non-controversial Congressman/woman as speaker to represent them going forward. Somebody who is relatively unknown - and trust me they will not be unknown for long once they become speaker as the media would take care of that - and I would pick a female if I were them.

It would take everyone by surprise. It would stun the WH because it would be so unexpected and it would cause everyone to have to play nice - if just because they need to get to know one another.

Just my thought. If I was in the intelligensia of the Repug party that is what I would do.

[zazen]

58. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fl)

She's also Cuban-American, which might win points with more traditional Hispanics.

[global1]

60. An Interesting Choice....

She has been in Congress since 1989. She was born in Havana, Cuba in 1952. Looks like she is on the Foreign Relations Committee. She's catholic and she has a district office down in the Florida Keys.

Wow - how come she's not a Dem?

Thanks for the suggestion of her.

I'm taking that as you might be in agreement with me that something like a relatively unknown Repug woman would be a good move on the part of the Repugs.

[HubertHeaver]

68. That would put her third in presidency depth-chart.

Being born in Havana makes her ineligible for the presidency and, by extension, house speakership.

[WCGreen]

71. Exactly....

[brooklynite]

4. Hannity saying the same...

[DCBob]

7. Thats a bit of shocker.

I wonder who they have in mind. I cant believe it will be Cantor.

[ProSense]

9. Casualty! Casualty!

[octoberlib]

11. Wow. Richard Wolfe is saying it's not gonna happen. We'll see.

[DCBob]

16. Yeah, I find this hard to believe.

He still has strong support among the old timers.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. The coup is complete

[malaise]

20. Not at all because the few moderates left want to crush the baggers before 2014

This is too good.

[FSogol]

14. Boehner wants to spend more time with his gin.

There goes a truly weak leader. Next....

[CatWoman]

18. That is SUCH a good one!!

[malaise]

21. Would you blame him with that bunch??

[DCKit]

78. No, and I think he knows what's coming over the next two years.

OUR President has nothing to lose. It ain't gonna be pretty for whomever sits in the Speaker's seat.

As I said in an earlier post, the best/safest/smartest thing the (R)s could do is re-install Nancy Polosi. But nobody ever accused them of being smart.

[Scurrilous]

24. ...

[NoOneMan]

15. I don't blame him

[librechik]

17. get ready for "Red State Leadership"

the Rebs are assembling for their last stand, and it won't be pretty.

[coalition_unwilling]

31. Way OT but brings to mind one of my all-time fav jokes:

Q: What were Custer's last words?

A: Where the fuck did all those Indians come from?

[louis-t]

38. It is reported that Custer had a Gattling gun at his disposal.

He decided to leave it behind because he thought it would slow him down.

[TxVietVet]

66. BRING IT ON!

They will show the whole world just how sick and evil they are.

[Purveyor]

19. Conservative Guest is Ron Meyer with the American Majority Action group. I first heard him

on Hannity about 45 minutes ago.

(hey...somebody has to monitor those dolts!!!)

[malaise]

33. Thanks n/t

[ck4829]

22. Boehner gave a middle finger to the Republicans

It will now be anyone's game.

[trof]

63. And to Senate Majority Leader Reid.

Unbelievable.

[ck4829]

64. If only it was true, the giving up of speaker anyway.

[AnnieK401]

70. Yeah, he kind of lost it with Reid. n/t

[MineralMan]

23. From December 21, this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022046295#post2

Resign, Boehner. Resign.

[malaise]

26. Looks like you were correct

[MineralMan]

32. I hope so. It seemed to me that Boehner had lost

the confidence of his own party. The result of that is usually a resignation. What I'm still hoping is that he resigns altogether from the House, and not just from the Speakership.

[malaise]

42. You think the schism is that serious?

If that's true the ReTHUGs are finished.

[MineralMan]

48. I do think that. The division of the party is clear, especially given yesterday's vote.

Until now, Republicans in the House were in lockstep with the tea party faction. That is no longer the case. Without that, there is no unity, and without unity, some Republican housemembers will vote according to the actual desires and needs of their constituents. The result will be success for legislation that otherwise would not have passed.

[spanone]

27. k&r...

[Agnosticsherbet]

28. Breaking Boehner, I'll bet that hurts...

Will he cry like he did when he became mouthpiece for the amoral and irrelevant?

[riqster]

40. A broken Boehner, priceless!

Almost as painful as being subpoenaed.

[Enrique]

29. i predict he will bring his whiskey bottle to the podium

when he makes his announcement.

[cthulu2016]

30. Are you sure about the WORDING here? (resign)

I would expect him to simply not run for speaker again on January 3 rather than resign as speaker on January 2, if you see what I mean.

[malaise]

43. I'm merely repeating Meyer's words n/t

[Frustratedlady]

34. I was watching him coming in a door, last night,

and he looked like he was very breathless...sucking in air. With his smoking, drinking and stress, I wonder if he might have some issues. Having that knife in your back can't be too comfy, either.

[ReformedGOPer]

35. I almost feel sorry for him.

Almost. But how can he control that nut pack?

[Blue Owl]

36. Orange you disappointed?

NOPE!

[Lex]

56. lol

[underpants]

73. LMFAO

good one

[aaaaaa5a]

37. Does anyone NOW DOUBT that Obama won last night? nt

[TeamPooka]

54. bazinga!

[lpbk2713]

41. 2013 is getting off to a great start.

How many more rethugs will fall by the wayside before the dust settles?

[malaise]

44. This may be Plan D

[geomon666]

45. ...

[RomneyLies]

46. Sounds more like wishful thinking to me

Something thrown out by those who want the coup to make Boehner appear even more weakened.

[dorkzilla]

59. For once, I agree with you!

I think its bs. I may be wrong, but why would anyone believe Ron Meyer?

[bullwinkle428]

47. Oh, the speech is going to be absolutely EPIC!!!

Clean-up on aisle 4!!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

49. This could be true.

I've thought they were going to oust him over the breach of the Hasert Rule if the Dems voted majority on the FC bill, and that was before the Sandy vote failed to make it to the floor.

I wonder if his special shade of orange will forever be know as "Toasted Boehner" after this?

[TeamPooka]

50. DU'ers called it in this thread last year:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022049635

[malaise]

53. DUers are the best - we'll see if it's true

[lunasun]

51. Cantor next?

uugh if so

[spanone]

52. will he be replaced by a teabagger?????

[Liberalynn]

76. That's the only downside

Happy Boner maybe going cause he's an ass but Cantor's even worse.

[elleng]

55. **Denial from Boner apparently coming soon.

(Martin show.)

[nyquil_man]

57. You can bet there are some pissed-off people in Boehner's camp.

I suspect somebody higher up than Bashir's guest is wanting this rumor out there.

[Indykatie]

61. I Call BS on This Scoop

Boehner is no danger because nobody wants the damn job. He's got job security for that reason alone.

[lynne]

62. Is that 5:00 PM Pacific Time?

'Cause if it's EST, I think it's probably not true.

[malaise]

67. OP was updated at 4.49pm

Boehner's office denied the rumor

[TxVietVet]

65. The Boner's legacy. A deep fried drunk conservanazi a$$hat.

[Cleita]

69. So we now have a contest of the other clowns, if that in fact is true.

Cantor, Ryan and McCarthy. At least the comics will have something to laugh about.

[underpants]

72. Hannity radio on tape delay - some RW hack was saying that he heard that Boehner is resigning n/t

[mgardener]

75. Is this....

Is this the beginning of the end of the Regan republican party????

They are fighting among themselves. It will get worse before it gets better.