I'm from Missouri, but I can't count

In the middle of January Roy Blunt claimed victory in the leadership race for the House. I wrote about it in a post on January 15 called Blunt Glisters (all that glisters is not gold) Unfortunately for him, the members did not vote until February 2. The victor in the race - John Boehner may be a bit better than Blunt but I would have preferred the third candidate John Shadegg. Blunt was for business as it has been. Boehner is a bit less so but he still has ties to the K street brigades. Blunt got as high as 110 votes on the first ballot - but it was clear that if it went to a second ballot Blunt supporters would disburse. And they did. Let's see how Boehner does - he has been a skillful chair of the Education and Workforce committee.