The reason the Tea Party challenger to McCarthy failed to win the majority leader today is because there are less Tea Party Republicans than main stream Republicans. I don't think having a Red State Republican from Louisiana as Whip will do much unless he acts as if the Majority Leader. If the Speaker continues business as usual, which it looks as though it is, the main stream Republicans will become targets of Koch money and fail to win their primaries. I would hope Boehner learned a lesson with Cantor, but, I doubt it. The reason I doubt it is because I sincerely believe Boehner is scared of losing Koch money.
June 18, 2014
By John Dickerson
...But (click here) on the eve of the election to replace Cantor as majority leader—the second most powerful person in the House of Representatives—it doesn’t look like there’s been much of a change in how the House will function....
