Replacing Boehner as Speaker is doable and imperative

As I've noted many times, those who love freedom, America and Western civilization have no shortage of enemies.  The list includes jihadists both Sunni and Shiite, Communists (BTW, did you hear that the Most Equal Comrade intends to normalize relations with Cuba?  More on that late today.) and Democrats. But, as Erick Erickson, says, it's time to speak plainly about certain figures with Rs behind their names.

House conservatives must summon the courage to oppose Boehner’s nomination on the floor in January. It is a moral imperative. You cannot consistently complain about Leadership’s many failures—and the treachery involved with a Speaker fresh off a successful wave election conspiring with President Obama to fund amnesty and enjoy a celebratory phone call in the aftermath—and then vote for him to continue in this role. To paraphrase Albert Einstein, that is the definition of insanity, and it is enabled by a vote for Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)N/A.

One of the main obstacles to unseating Boehner is that House conservatives sort of like him. You hear them say, “He really is a good guy. He just has the worst job in the world.” What they do not realize is that at all times, Boehner and the entire Leadership team are looking to screw and distract conservatives. Leadership has a phrase for this—its called “member management.” It is code to themselves for outright deception towards those they lead. Most of the time they don’t get caught, but occasionally the corruption is exposed. Boehner’s team lied to Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN)83%to get his vote on the all-important procedural “rule” setting up the debate on the cromnibus. He promised to pull the cromnibus if Stutzman voted for the rule. Stutzman gave his vote, and Boehner went back on his word.

House conservatives need to understand that they are not conspiring against a family member or team member. They are conspiring against an adversary intent on thwarting the change they came to Washington to bring. It is that simple.

Some will argue that a vote against Boehner is a mere protest vote. It is not. There are 30 House conservatives whose vote against Boehner, along with the united front of Democrats voting for Pelosi, could deny him reelection. These 30 would be exercising a veto. There would be no chance of a Democrat becoming Speaker (an obvious point but an argument sure to be advanced by some Republican), because a actual majority of the whole House of Representatives is required. Republicans would simply go back and re-nominate someone else who would not be subsequently vetoed

It's time to render the John Boehners, the Jeb Bushes, the Mitt Romneys, the John McCains and the donors and pundits who suck up to them incapable of influencing the Republican party's direction.  I guess "Tea Party" is still fairly effective shorthand for what we are, but for my money, "three-pillar conservative" sums it up.  And the disdain with which we're regarded is now proven to be pretty close to home.