Does the tea party have enough support in the House to actually toss Boehner out?

[pnwmom]

I thought there were only about 40 hard core t.p.ers.

[el_bryanto]

1. The issue isn't how many real Tea Partiers there are so much as what leverage can

they bring to bear on non-tea party house republicans with the threat of a Primary Challenge. If there was a sense that those 40 members were it, they probably wouldn't have a lot of power. I think the real threat is that in every strongly Conservative/Republican District the Tea Party could run a challenger if they feel their representative isn't demonstrating real Republican (i.e. Tea Party) values.

Bryant

[PeteSelman]

2. There are way more than 40 of them now.

I there are something like 115 after the last election. Yes, they can absolutely unseat him.

[pnwmom]

3. Wow. That many loonies, huh?

Great.

[PeteSelman]

5. Yeah, Boner had to pander to them to get his gavel back.

That's why he won't do the right thing and tell them to go to hell.

[wandy]

4. They would have done so by now were it not for one problem...........

Getting their preferred leader into a three piece suit.

[2naSalit]

6. THere are two ways that these idiots

Can oust Boner the spineless...

They can take away his gavel as Speaker AND they can "primary" him at home when his next election comes up. The "primary" tactic is the tour de force these days, there's always some well paid whackjob shill in his district ready to take him on and since he pretends to represent a district that is so jerrymandered against anyone but the shill party, well...


And all of the suggestions above also apply.

[msanthrope]

7. When Eric Cantor wants John gone, he will be. nt

[AlinPA]

8. Why would they want to do that? He is doing exactly what they want. He is now a full-fledged

teabagger.