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Opening Act: You Would Be Fired If This Goes Outb

Members of the 113th US House of Representatives take their oath as they are sworn in during the opening session at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 3, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Politico zooms into a photo and gets the best story out of yesterday’s almost-Boehnerdammerung.

Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) — who was recently removed from key committees and supported Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for speaker — sat on the House floor during the speaker vote brandishing an iPad. A message was displayed on the screen ticking off members of the House Republican Conference he hoped would oppose the sitting speaker. The title of the document: “You would be fired if this goes out.”

Among the Republicans on the list were Reps. Steve King (Iowa), Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Scott Garrett (N.J.), Steve Fincher (Tenn.) and Scott Desjarlais (Tenn.). All of them ultimately supported Boehner.

Matthew Boyle, the reporter who wrote the most about the possible rebellion, names the members who chickened out. They really seem to have some problems with arithematic.

Mike Elk against the wonkbloggers.

Joe Weisenthal is building momentum for the platinum coin solution to the debt limit crisis. #yeswecoin

John Podhoretz joins Michael Medved in the “okay, fellow conservatives, this has gotten out of hand” caucus.

Still, welcome to the era of hostage taking.