Tom Price remains a viable alternative to John Boehner, heart throb of the NY Times-NRO

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12/10/12, "Boehner’s Biggest Threat," National Review, Robert Costa

"Representative Tom Price of Georgia is a conservative force."

"Should a debt deal go sour, the buzz is that Tom Price, a 58-year-old physician from Georgia, may challenge John Boehner for the speaker’s gavel.

“Price is the person we’re all watching,” says an aide close to House leadership. “We know he’s frustrated, but we don’t know much else.”

In an interview with National Review Online, Price won’t speculate about his future, but he acknowledges his growing uneasiness. “My concern is that within our conference, conservatives, who are a majority, don’t have a proper platform,” he says. “That’s true at the leadership table and on the steering committee.”

Price says this as an outsider, a position to which he is unaccustomed. Last month, he lost a bid to be conference chairman. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, a Boehner ally, beat him. The final tally, which was conducted by secret ballot, was reportedly close.

Since then, Price has been mulling his options. He has a reputation as a low-key workhorse, but don’t let his soft Southern accent fool you: He remains as ambitious as ever. “It was a tough loss, but my friends said, ‘Fight on,’” Price tells me, as we talk over coffee. “You don’t need to be a leader to lead. Leadership doesn’t require a title.”:..via Free Republic

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barker 13

"Interesting. So far (as I'm typing) five comments appear. All are anti-Boehner. I myself am anti-Boehner. But as a previous comment notes, the RINO Establishment - including the top people here at NRO - are pro-Boehner. It'll be interestingto see how this thread progresses."

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12/7/12, NY Times again has details of 'private' meeting Boehner has with beaten, humiliated House GOP, NY Times gushes Boehner is 'sage counsel,' titular head of GOP
 

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