Boehner Victory

Wow, it has been quite the week of upset victories. Yesterday John Boehner won Majority Leader. He beat Roy Blunt who was acting Majority Leader and Majority Whip because Tom Delay had to step down. Boehner won on the second ballot which goes to shoe everyone to fucking count your numbers of votes. Blunt was 7 votes shy of winning the Majority Leader slot on the first ballot, I guess loss is nothing new to Blunt he lost his bid for Governor of Missouri back in the 80's.

Boehner said he is going to reach out to Dems and include more perspectives in floor action. This will hurt Democrats because they will be fiscally sound and moderate. Boehner passed the No Child Left Behind Act by getting Democrats. He scored the big Dem whale by getting Senator Kennedy to support NCLB. So the man has skills. Boehner was a former Gingrich guy but he lost to JC Watts when another leadership coup happened in a Republican Leadership fight back in 1998 after Gingrich was advanced a crap load of money for a book.

Boehner needs a few big wins to establish himself and to take the reins. He needs to kick someone in the balls hard and its going to be the Democrats first and Mike Pence the head of the Republican Conservative Action Team second. If he does that he will run the table in the House.