Another Boehner Coup Attempt Expected With Next Congress

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MSN News: Another Boehner Coup Attempt Expected, Despite Long Odds
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Speaker John A. Boehner is on a stronger footing with the House GOP rank and file than he has been in years. But when the new Congress convenes in January, that won't stop the party's anti-Boehner wing from staging another revolt. Lawmakers and aides say Boehner has improved his position in the GOP conference since the start of 2013, when 12 Republicans surprised the Ohio Republican on the floor by refusing to vote for him as speaker. That 2013 coup attempt went nowhere, but the anti-Boehner effort in the new 114th Congress is counting on reinforcements. At least five conservatives likely to win in November already say they're apt to support someone else for speaker. Several current members — Walter B. Jones of North Carolina, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Louie Gohmert of Texas — openly admit they won't support Boehner. And even members who support the speaker acknowledge he will face opposition. Indiana Republican Marlin Stutzman told CQ Roll Call he will be voting for Boehner come January, but said there could be anywhere between "20 and 50" other Republicans voting against Boehner on the floor.

"It's interesting, you know, some of the people that have approached me," Stutzman said. "[I was] surprised that they were in that camp. It's not your typical, traditional folks you would think."

Stutzman's office said his number is simply speculation. And even if there are enough votes to initially keep the speaker's gavel from Boehner's hand, there is no challenger yet to the man who has reigned atop the Republican Conference for nearly nine years.

"I think it's hard to beat somebody with nobody," Stutzman said.

...don't you just feel sorry for Speaker John of Orange?