Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:32     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Do you think they would give Scalise a shot?
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:31     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Poor McCarthy! This is what happens when you are a coward and sell your soul! The GOP has no plan B. The freedom caucus endgame is to public humiliate Kevin! Ha.


The GOP has no grownups in the room. All the grownups have quit over the last few years. Best of luck to the remaining toddlers.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:28     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
How long until one of the GQPers starts yelling about voter fraud or a stolen election?
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:22     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Realize this is uncharted territory, but what happens if it ends up being the same result a third time? Do they just keep voting? Or is there some next step after 3 or 4 rounds?


At some point they will adjourn and then lots of deal making will happen, and then you'll get a new slate without McCarthy (Scalise, Stefanik?) or a McCarthy deal with the Dems.

I'm not sure there is any person in the world who can satisfy the 19 no votes and the rest of the Republican caucus. The no votes want someone who will promise to burn it all down and the rest of them won't accept that person. So the only way someone wins that majority is successfully lying to one of those two groups.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:20     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:20     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Poor McCarthy! This is what happens when you are a coward and sell your soul! The GOP has no plan B. The freedom caucus endgame is to public humiliate Kevin! Ha.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:18     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:Realize this is uncharted territory, but what happens if it ends up being the same result a third time? Do they just keep voting? Or is there some next step after 3 or 4 rounds?

Last time this happened it went 9 rounds, so they'll keep going until they chip away at those 19 anti-voters, or until enough Democrats get sick of this and go home, shifting the majority low enough for McCarthy to win.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:18     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
No change. The 10 for Biggs and 9 for Other now all switched to Jordan.

203 - McCarthy
212 - Jeffries
19 - Jordan
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:18     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is no way that Jefferies will become speaker, right?


He would need 6 Republicans to defect and vote for him.


Or 12 Republicans to vote present and vote for no one, reducing the threshold to 212. Seems very unlikely.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:17     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Do the Democrats start drinking now?
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:16     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
HOw long between votes?
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:16     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Realize this is uncharted territory, but what happens if it ends up being the same result a third time? Do they just keep voting? Or is there some next step after 3 or 4 rounds?
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:15     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is no way that Jefferies will become speaker, right?


He would need 6 Republicans to defect and vote for him.


Compromise Speaker that rotates every year

I kind of love this idea:
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:13     Subject: Re:Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Has anyone flipped to McCarthy? It seems like the Biggs/Banks people are now behind Jordan but that doesn’t help McCarthy.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2023 15:13     Subject: Speaker of the House Vote Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is no way that Jefferies will become speaker, right?


He would need 6 Republicans to defect and vote for him.


Compromise Speaker that rotates every year