Securing a major win in their home district last week was a piece of cake. Despite two Tea Party challengers, one of whom took office doubtful campaign tactics House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) won the contest quite easily. And likely, when he wins the general election in November (and his caucus wins enough seats to maintain majority control of the House of Representatives), he will be sworn in again as speaker for another term.
But will he remain in his leadership position until the 2016 elections? In a wide-ranging interview today in San Antonio, Boehner left the door open to a possible early retirement. “Polityka” reports.: :
John Boehner says he fully expects to become Speaker of the House after the next election.
But whether he will hold this position for the entire term is another matter.
The Ohio Republican, speaking at a luncheon sponsored by a group of local chambers of commerce, said he couldn’t “predict what will happen” and stopped tiny of fully committing to serving another full two-year term.
“Listen, I’ll be 65 in November,” Boehner said. “I never thought I would live to be 60. So I’m living on borrowed time.”
Despite a failed attempt by some Republicans in the House of Representatives replace him in 2012. Boehner said he’s not the least bit worried about losing his job as speaker when his term ends in 2014. He says he has a “good relationship” with members of his caucus, even if they don’t agree on everything. Nevertheless, there are lots of rumors going around that conservatives in the House of Representatives will again call for his ouster some time before December.
But even if they don’t — or if they do and they fail — it’s still possible that House Republicans will elect a novel speaker of the House within the next two years. We’ll see what happens.
