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according to nominating speech.
So much for all the speculation and rumor, it seems.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Will see if he remains whip
MKITEM
(53 posts)unfortunately
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Siwsan
(26,289 posts)Not to nominate Boehner highlights their extreme disfunction. The odds were, likely, that in lieu of Boehner, Cantor probably would have been their nom. And, that's good for nobody but Cantor and the teaparty.
onenote
(42,747 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)So the absolute majority needed is (assuming all present vote) 429/2 = 214.5 = 215.
BumRushDaShow
(129,376 posts)onenote
(42,747 posts)I suspect the explanation is that no one else was nominated/seconded for consideration during the Republican conference meeting that precedes the actual floor vote by the entire House. (I've read that Gohmert nominated Gingrich but no one in the conference seconded his nomination).
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)onenote
(42,747 posts)onenote
(42,747 posts)TeamPooka
(24,248 posts)Allen West and Colin Powell have gotten protest votes.
lol
BumRushDaShow
(129,376 posts)They don't have a breakdown though. A bunch were for someone (e.g., I heard a "Colin Powell" an "Eric Cantor" and an "Alan West"...
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)So much for the threats toward his speakership.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)railsback
(1,881 posts)NO ONE wants that job, especially Cantor. Boehner was re-elected a long time ago.