Ohio republicans ready to throw bagger Congressman under the bus!

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Has defiance spelled doom for Jordan? by Joe Hallett
(Columbus Dispatch, July 29, 2011)

Jim Jordan's open defiance of House Speaker John Boehner's efforts to solve the debt-ceiling crisis could cost the Urbana Republican his safe House seat in next year's election. Two Republican sources deeply involved in configuring new Ohio congressional districts confirmed to The Dispatch yesterday that Jordan's disloyalty to Boehner has put him in jeopardy of being zeroed out of a district.

"Jim Jordan's boneheadedness has kind of informed everybody's thinking," said one of the sources, both of whom spoke on condition of anonymity. "The easiest option for everybody has presented itself."

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Jordan, a tea party favorite who leads the 170-plus member Republican Study Committee, has stymied Boehner's efforts to raise the debt ceiling. On Wednesday, the rift exploded when it was discovered that a key aide to the committee had sent emails to conservative groups urging them to push undecided Republicans to vote against Boehner's plan.

The undermining of Boehner was the last straw for Statehouse Republicans controlling the redistricting process in Ohio. They said Jordan's refusal to be a team player should cost him his job. "He doesn't know it, but he solved a problem for Republican line-drawers by (figuratively) standing up and saying, 'I'm a jerk and I deserve to be punished,'" said one of the sources.

republicans eating their own! I love it.

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[madmom]

1. Gee can we do the same thing to repugs who are under-mining the whole country?

[mwb970]

2. I actually think we will.

It was one thing when the Tea Party couldn't get along with Democrats. Now that we see they can't get along with republicans either, they'll soon be on their own. Way, way out in right field. On their own. I can't wait.

[madmom]

3. Oh I do truly hope so.

[bulloney]

4. I'd love to see Jordan voted out. He's a career politician who preaches against government,

except his hallowed military. He thinks everything in government is inherently wrong or bad and should be cut or eliminated--except corporate welfare and military programs.

He preaches the free market, yet, he's lived off the taxpayer's dime his whole professional career as a state or federal legislator. I think it's high time for Jordan to put his money where his mouth is and try to make a living from the private sector.

He's gotten to where he is because of the "jock celebrity" voters. He was a 2-time NCAA wrestling champ. Republicans tend to parade Hollywood or jock celebrities to run for public office and usually get them elected from that alone. Examples: Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Fred Grandy, Fred Thompson, Sony Bono, Steve Largent, JC Watts, Tom Osborne, Jack Kemp, Jim Bunning, etc.

Regardless of what Hallett says, Jordan's constituents seem to love him. I won't believe he'll be voted out until I see it.