House Speaker election/circus/all ages carnival - ongoing coverage

[woolfe9998]

You may be shocked to learn their claims to oppose corruption were not genuine!

Yes, though they amusingly continue using the phrase "drain the swamp" after electing the Swamp Lord himself as POTUS.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Kevin’s now been turned down seven times

 

[JD50]

Kevin’s now been turned down seven times

This is just Democracy in action. Every good Democracy has to run an election at least *checks notes* seven times.

 

[Pens1566]

Kevin’s now been turned down seven times

No means NO, Kevin. At this point, he's harassing the house.

 

[hal2kilo]

Hey, were at the eights now. Seems several casino slots with Chinese motifs love the 8's. Sign of good luck this time? I bet .88 x2 $1.76 I would loose.

 

[akenbennu]

Eight is Enough?

 

[soundforbjt]

Heard an R rep say they’ll make a choice in a few days, guess it’ll be Monday or Tuesday before we know unless something drastic happens.

 

[sportage]

Well.. there they go again.

 

[Muse]

No means NO, Kevin. At this point, he's harassing the house.

He said "I deserve this!" Meaning he deserves the Speaker position. What a clueless dolt!

 

[eelw]

Gaetz wants the spineless one to quit or taken away in a straight jacket

 

[hal2kilo]

Awe shucks! Lost again. This really does feel like Groundhog Day.

 

[VRAMdemon]

For those keeping track, since Gaetz nominated him for Speaker, this is yet ANOTHER election Trump lost!

Anyway ....The "strategy" seems to be is to wring as many concessions as possible out of an increasingly desperate McCarthy but never vote for him. Then if the rest of the party switches to Scalise, Donalds they will insist on those concessions in exchange for their support.

The only way I see the Dems even consider helping is if someone who voted to impeach Trump is nominated and they get equal numbers of seats on all committees.

But .... Thier Popcorn is getting stale and for the good of the country, of the world even, both need a US government that can function. Crises can happen any moment. Our enemies are watching.

It would be pretty hard for the Democrats to clean up the bed, since the R’s are still shitting in it, and have made it clear that they plan on shitting in the bed for the foreseeable future. Cleaning the bed once will accomplish nothing. The only solution is for the Republicans THEMSELVES to stop shitting the bed, and to stop the future plans to shit the bed.

 

[K1052]

Awe shucks! Lost again. This really does feel like Groundhog Day.

Some R should vote for Ned Ryerson just for the lols.

 

[eelw]

Moving on to Scalise or Stefonik won’t help. The 4-5 hardline never spineless one said no one in leadership is acceptable. They only way they can force their hand is threaten to not vote at make it a huge possibility to have Jeffries win with his 212.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Moving on to Scalise or Stefonik won’t help. The 4-5 hardline never spineless one said no one in leadership is acceptable. They only way they can force their hand is threaten to not vote at make it a huge possibility to have Jeffries win with his 212.

It's like they've never even heard of slipping eyedrops into their coffee.

 

[Pens1566]

Some R should vote for Ned Ryerson just for the lols.

I'd also accept a "Jonah Ryan" vote.

 

[cytg111]

His Party no longer wants anything to do with him.

That is why he is leaving.

Mindbending copium.

 

[sportage]

Now we know... now we know who these people really are, how they were absorbed into a cult, how they could defend the voilent attack on the capitol, how they could prefer dictatorship over democracy, how they could prefer Putin over Biden, now we know all of it. Yes, now we know. The entire world now knows just how crazy they are.
So they keep saying that DEMOCRACY IS MESSY. No... in this case democracy is not messy, they are crazy. Textbook crazy. Welcome to crazy.
And the scary thing is, they themselves cannot see just how crazy they actually are. Now that's pretty scary. But I assume most crazy people do not feel that they are crazy.

 

[CHADBOGA]

Mindbending copium.

I think this following politics caper, might be a bit too much for you Cysty.

 

[uallas5]

I look forward to the 3 times a day motions to vacate.

If you're vacating 3 times a day I would scale back on the fiber, just sayin'

 

[manly]

Moving on to Scalise or Stefonik won’t help. The 4-5 hardline never spineless one said no one in leadership is acceptable. They only way they can force their hand is threaten to not vote at make it a huge possibility to have Jeffries win with his 212.

The only reason McCarthy is willing to drag this out "indefinitely" is because there is no clear GOP alternative to 218 either. But I believe McCarthy and potentially Scalise have a non-zero chance of becoming Speaker. It's hard to imagine Gym Jordan getting enough support; it would seem more likely that ten Democrats would flip to McCarthy than allow Jordan to become Speaker of the House.

But perhaps I see things through rose-colored glasses.

 

[Moonbeam]

The only reason McCarthy is willing to drag this out "indefinitely" is because there is no clear GOP alternative to 218 either. But I believe McCarthy and potentially Scalise have a non-zero chance of becoming Speaker. It's hard to imagine Gym Jordan getting enough support; it would seem more likely that ten Democrats would flip to McCarthy than allow Jordan to become Speaker of the House.

But perhaps I see things through rose-colored glasses.

It's probably a good think to move on from one impossibility to some other impossibility for the sake of variety at least.

McCarthy won't cave, the crazies won't cave, Perhaps a few Republicans with courage will vote for the Democrat, but that might not happen either.

Could we reach a state of disaster that would require Martial law and the arrest of House member insurrectionists to restore a functioning House? Probably not.

This reminds me of a Zen story about a man hanging from a cliff with tigers above and tigers below.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

9th vote coming in…..

How many is enough to accept someone that isn’t you first, second or third choice.
Amazing how we are watching Republicans do EXACTLY what they did with Obama but doing it to themselves.

 

[Vic]

GOP clowns are so divisive and extremist they can't even come together and agree on who should lead themselves, but they think they can lead the country..

 

[Dave_5k]

He said "I deserve this!" Meaning he deserves the Speaker position. What a clueless dolt!

Well, Kevin already moved into the Speaker's office, because he deserves it... I think the Capitol police should arrest him for trespassing, might even get a majority in the House to agree to that lol