January 06, 2015 10:16 AM UTC

Boehner Set To Survive Latest Tea Party Revolt

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE #2: All four Colorado Republicans vote for Boehner. "Rebellion" ends with a whimper.

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UPDATE: Another key Colorado vote for John Boehner:

NOW: @RepMikeCoffman votes Boehner for speaker. #COpolitics #9NEWS

— Brandon Rittiman (@BrandonRittiman) January 6, 2015

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Politico:

Fifteen House Republicans have now publicly proclaimed that they will try to strip John Boehner of a third term as speaker of the House.

That’s well short of the number needed to push the public election into full chaos, but House Republican leadership is closely monitoring every movement at this stage, and working to shore up support for the Ohio Republican.
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As many as 35 Republicans can vote against Boehner and he could still retain the speaker’s gavel, according to the latest estimate of members who will be present and voting for a speaker candidate, giving GOP rebels some leeway to oppose him.

Among Colorado's Republican delegation, incoming hard-right Rep. Ken Buck told reporters today that he will vote to keep John Boehner as Speaker of the House in the 114th Congress. All four Colorado House Republicans are under pressure from the "Tea Party" grassroots to join the #FireBoehner campaign, but we'd say Buck's support for Boehner is a bellwether indicator that he will be re-elected. That said, the Grand Junction Sentinel reports Rep. Scott Tipton was still a bit cagey as of yesterday:

U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., didn’t expect to decide until today whether to support Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for another term heading the House.

Tipton left the door open on Monday in commenting on the choice of a speaker, noting that he has disagreed at times with Boehner and that he is a member of the Republican Study Committee, which comprises most of the conservative Republican members of the House and is the well from which most of the opposition to Boehner springs.

Boehner also has helped raise campaign funds for Tipton, however.

“I’m willing to talk to the others,” who have announced their plans to challenge Boehner, Tipton said Monday in a telephone interview.

With a lively conservative grassroots in his district to contend with, Tipton has to play these situations carefully. But in the end, we'll be very surprised if Tipton joins in what will in all probability a losing effort–far better for Tipton to pay lip service to it, while keeping Speaker Boehner available for fundraisers.

We'll update with anything surprising that happens today.