GOP in disarray - boots four off committees, (The Hill), Boehner cannot hold party

[banned from Kos]

Speaker John A. Boehner initiated today a small purge of rebellious Republicans — mostly conservatives — from prominent committees; it’s the latest instance of the Ohio Republican’s clamping down on his fractious conference.

The decisions were made by the GOP Steering Committee at a Monday meeting, which reviewed a spreadsheet listing each GOP lawmaker and how often he or she had voted with leadership, three sources said.

Reps. David Schweikert of Arizona and Walter Jones of North Carolina were booted from the Financial Services Committee. Reps. Justin Amash of Michigan and Tim Huelskamp of Kansas were removed from the Budget Committee.

According to a source, Schweikert was told that he was ousted in part because his “votes were not in lockstep with leadership.”

http://www.rollcall.com/news/gop_steering_committee_shuffles_conservatives-219601-1.html

I LOVE IT.

[WCGreen]

1. Lock Step good soldiers...

I love and yet hate that our party is like herding cats...

[no_hypocrisy]

2. A purge!

[CakeGrrl]

3. Does that mean they're purging the more moderate, sane members

assuming that "leadership" has been kowtowing to the Tea wing? Or is Boehner getting rid of some of the Tea Party extremists?

Either way, keep it up, GOP.

[nobodyspecial]

7. I hope so

As this past election has shown, when their crazies are exposed to the light, sane voters reject them.

[LonePirate]

8. Huelskamp is a hardcore tea bagger. He is definitely an extremist.

[dixiegrrrrl]

29. article says "the most conservative" were booted.

Which I assume would mean Tea Party?

But he removed them for not voting along his lines, and I always thought HE was very conservative.

[Skittles]

4. lockstep

[SCVDem]

9. Lockstep?

More like goose step.

Aflack!

[Skittles]

13. it's the same concept

[backscatter712]

19. They need to put a kick in their goosestep.

The North Koreans have it down!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

27. OMFG! Seven Million Brides for Seven Million Brothers, in glorious technicolor,

breathtaking CinemaScope, and stereophonic sound!

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Didn't take long for the

Taliban to react did it. Teabillies revenge!!!

[mercuryblues]

6. Not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing

Not voting with the party was the excuse given. 3 of the 4 are teabaggers, yet one of the known replacements is a teabagger, Rep. Mick Mulvaney(sc). It might be more of a lateral move or backroom dealing. The 4 removed from the committees might not be so willing to vote for any debt deal negotiated. The ones coming in might have been promised the committeeship, if they do vote for the negotiated deal.

[47of74]

16. Probably they all made a crack about the bronzer

[rickyhall]

10. Dictator Boehner?

[volstork]

11. hmmmm

[lobodons]

12. TEA Party II

Not a great start to Tea Party II

[BuelahWitch]

14. Yep, someone has pissed in the Tea Pot! n/t

[davidn3600]

15. They actually believe the reason they lost was because there are moderates in the party

These people in the Tea Party are so whacked out I doubt even Reagan would win a GOP nomination today.

[bluestate10]

17. Must be tough to be a party of angry people. The GOP's worst days are yet to come. nt

[cstanleytech]

18. The night of the long knives begins. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

20. Good, maybe those booted members will caucus with Democrats! We

should get a list and call them and encourage them to cooperate with us.

[cecilfirefox]

21. Those members are mostly hardcore conservatives,

It looks like they might be trying to change the structure of certain leadership positions to facilitate a fiscal cliff deal. That's the first thing I think.

[Jim Lane]

22. On Free Republic, they're apoplectic with anger.

More than one has called for conservatives to abandon the Republican Party and start a new, truly conservative party.

I keep hoping this will happen -- that we'll see a Ralph Nader of the right who'll hand the Democrats a presidential election that we otherwise would've lost. Alas, in 2000 Pat Buchanan went just about nowhere.

We might get the next-best thing: a primary challenge from the right to Boehner and other House Republican leaders. This is an alternative that's been promoted on FR.

[Marr]

23. This is the party establishment attempting to cut out the party's cancer.

They're going to have to either bring their Teabagger wing to heel or just cripple them, and limp along without them.

[lonestarnot]

24. Schweikert off Financial Services Committee. Fanfuckingtastic! Bwaa hahahahahahahah!

[DonCoquixote]

25. I do not care if

The GOP decides to do a Jonestown style suicide; the Koches will find more stooges.

The GOP is not dead until we have at least a decade to undo the 30 years they have been the shot callers, period!

[Berlum]

26. Repubbie PURGE eNsuEs. Only the pUrE will enDure.

[malaise]

28. Add this to the House mess

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021924455

[OldDem2012]

30. LOL!! The House GOP beatings will continue until morale improves! nt.

[butterfly77]

31. Kick..

[Eyes of the World]

32. Acceptance is stage 5

But the GOP exist within a context of

1.Denial 2.Anger and 4.Depression

3. Bargaining not so much.

The steps don't have to go in order, do they?

[SummerSnow]

33. There's a disturbance in the (darkside) of the force.

Destroy the Sith only then you can bring balance to the force.


Norquist: "Boehner,I am your father "