Pretty clearly, he felt that he was behind the eight ball on the matter of whether to shut down government over Planned Parenthood funding.
There's also a lot of speculation about why the Pope's address to Congress and his one-on-one meeting with Boehner made Boehner cry so much.
He's been hounded by instances such as the recent "jackasses" remark, or the talk he gave to a business group back in his district at which he affected a whine to portray the position of House members who balked at comprehensive immigration reform, or the hardball tactics regarding committee assignments.
Mostly, though, it was in the way he's carried himself. His speech and body language indicated that he did not get it. Movement conservatives, as well as voting citizens of a less-involved conservative bent, never saw a trace of fierceness or urgency. The Speaker came across as a guy who found process more rewarding than victory for his principles.
One reader of this blog strongly suggests that the guy's personal life is out of control.
And then there's the question of who to replace him with. As far as I'm concerned, we can do better than just saying, "Let's go with McCarthy, since there's not much time." He doesn't come across much differently from Boehner, and we have some great alternative possibilities.
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