Haven't seen this anywhere here, so thought it would be worth sharing:
According to TPM (Talking Points Memo), John Boehner has attracted a Republican primary challenger next year. Eric Gurr, CEO of a computer consulting firm says he will challenge Boehner, primarily because of two things: Boehner's position on immigration reform and his support for U.S. military involvement in Syria. (Boehner says he supports incremental immigration reform, but Gurr won't have any of that).
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...
Gurr likely has a steep, uphill climb, running against a guy who is a total puppet of the wealthy elites, elites which will, undoubtedly, do whatever they can to help Boehner purchase another term in his House of Misrepresentatives. If nothing else, this could help foster division among Republicans and force Boehner to spend valuable time, energy, effort and resources, including money, just to win the Republican nomination.
If Democrats can come up with a credible candidate, perhaps we can help make Boehner's decision about whether to step down as speaker a little easier for him...by defeating him next year. And, even if all that fails, at least we would force Republicans to spend a lot of their resources defending what they now consider to be a “safe” seat. (That's all the less resources for them to devote elsewhere.)
Wouldn't it be especially sweet to have both Republican Congressional leaders, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, tossed out by voters next year (a kossack can dream, can't they)?