Is anyone watching the election of house speaker

[gopiscrap]

looks like Boehner is just going to squeak by

[sharp_stick]

1. Don't worry

the teabaggers know just how far over the line they're allowed to step before they're slapped back. Now if the defacto teabag Congressional leader Ted Cruz had of gotten involved this could have been funny.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Per my GOP Congress Man - Leonard Lance

The ACTUAL election happened last November and this is ceremonial.

I think you don't have to 'like' his page to see his posts - but he put the strategy out there.

Look for Leonard Lance NJ-7th - he put it out there for us - what was actually going on.

[gopiscrap]

3. Boehner did not get a majority vote

on the first ballot

[onenote]

4. Pretty sure he did

It's a majority of those voting. There were 408 votes cast; he needed 205, he got 216.

[gopiscrap]

5. ok I thought it was a majority of the house needed ie 220

[onenote]

6. Nope.

If every member had voted (435) he would have needed 218. He actually won by a larger margin this time than in 2013. In 2013, 427 members voted and Boehner needed 214, he got 220 (a margin of 6). His margin this time was 11. He was helped by the fact that a lot of Democrats were absent for the vote, many of them attending Mario Cuomo's funeral in NY.

[lpbk2713]

7. Aw damn. Gomer would have been so much fun.

GAWLEEE.