YouGov produced a word cloud with the responses of Republicans who were asked to use one word to describe John Boehner. The words most frequently used were weak, ineffective, RINO. The only thing missing from the Boehner word cloud is drunk, alcoholic or unstable. weak, ineffective and RINO would also perfectly describe Kevin McCarthy who was supposed to sail to the nomination as the next Speaker. Kevin McCarthy was Boehner’s boy and dropped out earlier today because he couldn’t get enough votes from his own party.
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This Yougov poll was only comprised of Republicans. No liberal Democrats were a part of this poll to skew one word over another. Says a lot about Boehner when the top three words Republicans describe him as are weak, ineffective, RINO.
The Ohio Congressman was able to command a favorable view among just 37 percent of Republicans, while 50 percent took an unfavorable view.
Boehner drew the most hostile opinions from those who identified as part of the Tea Party. More than two-thirds of this group had an unfavorable view of Boehner with just 24 percent saying they had a favorable view.
The YouGov analysis shows that Boehner’s key problem is a lack of core Conservative credentials, with 40 percent saying he was not sufficiently Conservative. This number rose to 50 percent among Conservative Republicans.