Luckily for him, a rebellion by a few Republicans was poorly planned and lacked an credible alternative candidate – but even then the attempt came within a handful of votes of upsetting Boehner's re-election.
This election has been upsetting and I think it's been upsetting in ways that are at least partly unconscious.
Reforms are delayed for fear of upsetting politicians who seek re-election.
There had been speculation that the Indian government, headed by the Congress party, would be wary of upsetting Muslims ahead of state elections in Uttar Pradesh, where Darul Uloom seminary is located.
But rather than explain to them why it is in Germany's interest, the chancellor, Angela Merkel, has run scared of upsetting them before a big regional election on May 9th.Playing for time has backfired.
April: Jalal Talabani, a Kurdish politician, former guerrilla leader and co-founder of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, is sworn in as president of Iraq, reportedly upsetting Saddam, who watched the televised election.
The disruption also spilled into Britain's national election campaign, the BBC reported, upsetting plans by David Cameron, the leader of the opposition Conservatives, to fly to Northern Ireland to campaign for Thursday's election.
The European commission's president, Jean Claude Juncker, has struck a tough tone saying Trump's election poses "the risk of upsetting intercontinental relations in their foundation and in their structure".
Many of Foer's friends cried, and the alienation and discomfort caused by the election is all the more upsetting because of the novelty of the situation.
"Natalie and I have been talking for months about the mass of upsetting statements made about women and women's bodies during the election process," Buckman, the tells Creators.
