The Fix Is In

The Once and Current Speaker?

If you’d ever doubted that there’s really only one party in Washington — the Insider Party — then doubt no more:

Tea Party Republicans contemplating a bid to oust Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) shouldn’t count on Democrats to help them unseat the Speaker.

And without their support, there is no chance to topple Boehner in this Congress.

A number of right-wing Republicans, long wary of Boehner’s commitment to GOP efforts attacking President Obama’s policy priorities, have openly considered a coup in an attempt to transfer the gavel into more conservative hands.
But Democrats from across an ideological spectrum say they’d rather see Boehner remain atop the House than replace him with a more conservative Speaker who would almost certainly be less willing to reach across the aisle in search of compromise.

I would have phrased that last bit more along the lines of a new Speaker being “actually willing to pursue a conservative agenda,” but maybe that’s just me.