House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today sent a letter to his colleagues asking for their support for the post of Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. Boehner issued the following statement:
"I have decided to campaign for Republican Leader and ask my colleagues for their support. Yesterday's outcome gives Republicans two very distinct choices. We can either ignore this setback and its lessons, and face the prospect of permanent minority status. Or we can pull together as a team and renew our commitment to ideas and reform.
"I'm running for Republican Leader because I believe we must confront these lessons directly, renew our commitment to the principles that brought us to majority in 1994, and articulate a powerful and positive vision for the future based on our core principles. In doing so, we can recover not just our majority, but the energy and promise of a vibrant, long-term majority.
"Since my colleagues elected me Majority Leader in February, House Republicans have worked hard to re-engage in the battle against pork barrel spending by instituting comprehensive earmark reform, worked hard to reestablish our commitment to fiscal discipline, and worked hard to champion tax relief policies to prevent a massive Democrat tax hike. Republicans are still the party of smaller, less costly, and more accountable government. Once we renew our commitment to reform, I'm confident we will return to the majority."
Ideas and reform...all that from a Republican from Ohio...words that our friends in Columbus should hear quite loudly as well.......
