Just spoke with Rep. Todd Tiahrt, who is running for whip against Blunt ally Eric Cantor, assuming that Blunt leaves the whip job one way or another. This is how he says he see things. He maintains that sentiment for a change in the leadership has been growing recently, that members are now “sensing that something’s going on.” He says some members hear nothing in their districts about the scandals or the need for reform, but for other members it is the first question they get asked. He thinks there might be 50 members now willing to call for a conference to discuss opening up all the leadership slots for election, but it is unlikely that Republicans would actually decide to do that. Of Blunt’s support, he says, “it’s a little soft at this point.” “A lot of people feel victim to the first phone call,” he says, meaning they went for Blunt because he asked first. “A handful of people have told me that they’ve changed their minds.” He thinks the situation is still fluid: “What was certain two weeks ago is uncertain today.”