With the news that McMorris will continue as chair of House GOP Conference, Boehner leaving means nothing.

While Boehner should have been deposed from his job 6 years ago, the change in the Speakership is meaningless... utterly meaningless.

The only way Boehner's resignation would have meant anything is if the rats he surrounded himself with, including Cathy McMorris, left with him.

McMorris, primarily responsible for foisting our worthless congresswoman, Jaime Herrera off on us in her bid to become the next Jennifer Dunn, claims that she'll remain in her position as House GOP Conference chair instead of taking a run at Speaker.

Of course, given her record of acquiescence to Boehner, she has zero chance of winning the Majority Leader gig, but that's beside the point: unless all of the current leadership goes with Boehner, his departure merely means we'll have a different face on the same RINO leadership who has put us where we are today: no where.

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McMorris Rodgers says she won’t seek House majority-leader role

Originally published September 28, 2015 at 7:00 pm Updated September 28, 2015 at 7:17 pm

Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from Washington, speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Friday, March 28, 2014. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg)

She says she’ll remain chair of the House Republican Conference.

By Seattle Times staff

Seattle Times staff reporter

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane will not run for House majority leader.

In a statement Monday, McMorris Rodgers said she’ll seek to remain chair of the House Republican Conference, the No. 4 position in the House GOP.

As the highest-ranking woman in the House Republican leadership, McMorris Rodgers had been seen as a possible top contender for the majority-leader role — the second-ranking House GOP position — in the leadership shuffle following House Speaker John Boehner’s announcement last week that he’ll resign at the end of October.

The current majority leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is the leading candidate to take the speaker’s gavel.

“At this time, I believe the best way for me to work for Eastern Washington is to remain Conference Chair,” McMorris Rodgers said in an emailed statement. “My top priority is to make a difference for the people of Eastern Washington. It’s my home, and every person I represent inspires me. I believe DC can learn a lot from our values, our experience, and our pioneer spirit — finding solutions and making things happen.”

She did not say whether she’ll back one of the other candidates for majority leader. Politico, the national political website, reported McMorris Rodgers’ decision leaves the majority-leader race to two candidates: House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Budget Chair Tom Price, R-Ga.

McMorris Rodgers has represented Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional District since 2005.

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