The top 5 or 7 people in each party are called “leadership”. Not sure what positions they hold or in which order. Speaker, Majority Leader, Whip, etc. They also call them “Cardinal” ala Vatican. I do not know who Cantor is trying to go around, but this is like NASCAR at this point. They are jockeying for position.
Cantor is not “trying to go around” anyone!!
Boehner as #1 is moving up from Minority Leader to Speaker of the House
Cantor as #2 is moving from Minority Whip to Majority Leader
these positions have to be confirmed by vote of the R. caucus in the House when the new Congress convenes in Jan. but I don’t think there’s any doubt that Boehner will be SOH and Cantor will be Majority Leader
no one is being displaced or challenged by Cantor running for the position of Majority Leader(whether or not one wishes for a shake-up)
Thank you for the info. I am going to have to do some searches to find out about how the House Leadership goes so that I don’t sound so ignorant. :)