[justlurking]

Dems can/will vote for boehner. Such votes can and will give boehner the absolute majority - If 46 repubs vote nonBoehner [and they may] then Nancy gets 18 Ds to vote for boehner and voila - boehner is speaker due to Dem votes.

As I posted above, Democrats don't even have to vote "for" Boehner. All they have to do is abstain or vote "present".

The Speaker is elected with a majority of the total votes for an individual. Abstentions subtract from the total.

[Principled]

Yeah it’s something isn’t it - that there will have to be a deal between the leader of the R party with the leader of the D party to deliver the speakership?

Wow.

...it will be just as easy to deliver 18 boehner votes as 35 abstentions... imo it will be a combination that gives boehner the speakership... there’s a good math problem in there somewhere ;)

Where I’m spending my time this morning is thinking about what will happen after boehner is elected via a deal with pelosi.

outrage for sure - but what CAN happen? A sitting speaker has never been removed but experts agree that it is possible...

good times...

[Hostage]

Thanks for that information.

Do you know if a point of order can be raised to have the democrats vote first?

That way GOP members can know ahead of time how many of their votes are needed to oust Boehner.