Boehner: 'Political rebellion' under way

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A "political rebellion" is going on in America that the Republican Party is hoping to speak for, the U.S. House minority leader says.

Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, speaking Sunday on CNN's "State of Union," said an incident in which a GOP-endorsed New York congressional candidate withdrew from an election under pressure from Republican conservatives showed that "we're in the middle of a political rebellion going on in America."

"This rebellion are by people who really have not been actively involved in the political process. And they don't really care whether you're a Democrat or a Republican," Boehner said. "They want to see people who are going to stand up and protect the future for our kids and grandkids."

The Republican candidate for Congress in New York's 23rd District, Dede Scozzafava, had been chosen by local Republican leaders to try to hold the seat of now-U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh for the GOP. She has been attacked by Republican presidential hopefuls Sarah Palin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as not sufficiently conservative.

Scozzafava Sunday threw her support not to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman but to Democratic candidate Bill Owens, the Washington publication The Hill reported.