They're saying Boebert is going to vote present. I'm so tired of her nonsense. I think she's unintelligent and lacking morals, obviously, and while I think she's choosing not to support McCarthy for all the wrong reasons, she can't even follow through with that. What a drama queen obstructionist.

McCarthy is going to be very upset tonight once he learns George Santos can’t vote because he’s observing the Sabbath.

Interesting solution forged in Pennsylvania

Nice to see Kev finally win the support of another white supremacist-adjacent colleague, Paul Gosar. He must be very proud.

Anonymous wrote:Payback against Boebert, Gosar, Biggs, Gaetz, etc. is going to be brutal.

Not. Bloody. Likely. He doesn’t have any sort of margins to work with.

Anonymous wrote:Payback against Boebert, Gosar, Biggs, Gaetz, etc. is going to be brutal.

Not with the narrow vote margin being what it is. McCarthy can’t cut off his nose to spite his face. There are more votes to come over the next two years and McCarthy is hanging by a thread.

Anonymous wrote:Payback against Boebert, Gosar, Biggs, Gaetz, etc. is going to be brutal.

That would be the only silver lining to this masquerade, yes.

Payback against Boebert, Gosar, Biggs, Gaetz, etc. is going to be brutal.

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Anonymous wrote:There is NO WAY I'm going to be here at 10pm

That might be the strategy to get him over the top — less people voting

The 2 missing McCarthy votes - Hunt & Buck are flying back.

Steve Kornacki has the breakdown of what McCarthy needs:

Once Hunt & Buck are back, and if all others stay and vote, McCarthy could also win without actually getting a vote from any of the 6 remaining holdouts. If he could get 3 to vote “present” then he could afford 3 others voting against him. Would be 216-212-3-3 w/ a magic # of 216

Also in this scenario (all 434 in attendance), McCarthy could win by getting one of the holdouts to vote for him + 1 other to vote “present” and the other 4 defecting. Would be 217-212-4-1 and the magic number would be 217.

https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki

So he's going to win because McEachin died?

No, because he's conceded so much, and has essentially emasculated himself and his position. The wingnuts are going to be in positions of power, and the whole country is going to be the worse for it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is NO WAY I'm going to be here at 10pm

That might be the strategy to get him over the top — less people voting

The 2 missing McCarthy votes - Hunt & Buck are flying back.

Steve Kornacki has the breakdown of what McCarthy needs:

Once Hunt & Buck are back, and if all others stay and vote, McCarthy could also win without actually getting a vote from any of the 6 remaining holdouts. If he could get 3 to vote “present” then he could afford 3 others voting against him. Would be 216-212-3-3 w/ a magic # of 216

Also in this scenario (all 434 in attendance), McCarthy could win by getting one of the holdouts to vote for him + 1 other to vote “present” and the other 4 defecting. Would be 217-212-4-1 and the magic number would be 217.

https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki

So he's going to win because McEachin died?

It’s all a ruse to drown out and not be speaker until after Jan 6th.

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Anonymous wrote:The poor clerk looks like she has aged 20 years this week. I admire her stamina, patience and professionalism.

I admire her excellent poker face

Imagine the team meetings the Clerk's been having before the start and during breaks.

At least there were fewer outbursts today.

I wondered if Polosi or her team member was coaching Madam Clerk.

Why do you think she would need coaching? She's an experienced, highly educated professional who appears to be excellent at her job.

https://clerk.house.gov/About#OverviewContact

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is NO WAY I'm going to be here at 10pm

That might be the strategy to get him over the top — less people voting

The 2 missing McCarthy votes - Hunt & Buck are flying back.

Steve Kornacki has the breakdown of what McCarthy needs:

Once Hunt & Buck are back, and if all others stay and vote, McCarthy could also win without actually getting a vote from any of the 6 remaining holdouts. If he could get 3 to vote “present” then he could afford 3 others voting against him. Would be 216-212-3-3 w/ a magic # of 216

Also in this scenario (all 434 in attendance), McCarthy could win by getting one of the holdouts to vote for him + 1 other to vote “present” and the other 4 defecting. Would be 217-212-4-1 and the magic number would be 217.

https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki

Anonymous wrote:McCarthy is telling reporters that he now has the votes to be elected.

No, he said "I'll have the votes." Note the future tense. That's the same as he's been saying all week.

McCarthy is telling reporters that he now has the votes to be elected.