In Texas, GOP lawmaker hears calls for 'fighter' for speaker

[KamaAina]

http://news.yahoo.com/gop-lawmaker-hears-demands-fighter-speaker-081431944--politics.html

Elected in 2010 along with dozens of other tea party-backed Republicans, Farenthold shares his constituents' deep frustration with what many voters see as the half-measures and conditional victories of divided government. He agrees when voters accuse outgoing House Speaker John Boehner and his No. 2, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of failing to stand up to President Barack Obama and the Democrats.

But as Farenthold and his colleagues warily confront a leadership void now that Boehner has announced his resignation and McCarthy has bowed out of the speaker's race, the Texan also is reckoning with demands from voters that may be difficult, even impossible, to satisfy....

"You turn on the TV and you hear all these guys — 'Republican Party in disarray. Turmoil in Washington.' — I don't think that's the case," Farenthold told around 50 voters who turned out early Thursday at a quirky coffee house and used bookstore in Wharton, southwest of Houston. "I think Kevin (McCarthy) did the country and the Republican conference in Congress a huge favor. He stepped back and gave us time to have a discussion."

Farenthold is not a Freedom Caucus member but shares its perspective on some issues. Voters want a speaker "who doesn't cave. They saw Boehner as giving into the Democrats and not fighting for conservative principles. They want a fighter," Farenthold said in an interview after his session at Milam Street Coffee Shop.

A fighter? I hear Manny Pacquiao is a right-winger.

[COLGATE4]

1. So says Blake "Ducky Pajamas". nt