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Anonymous wrote:This is all good theater for the DC crowd, but I really don’t think the rest of America cares. If it takes a few days to pick a speaker the practical impact is negligible.

I think you're wrong. My relatives, who are all moderate/independent sometimes-voters in NC, have been texting me asking wtf is going on. The last time that happened was Jan 6th.

What is your position/occupation in DC?

NP here. I've had relatives ask the same thing and I hold no "up there" job. They live in FL so their news is generally about what is going on with the amusement parks there while our news is generally what the Fed Gov't is up to.

Anonymous wrote:This gal has a great presence. Good pick to make this speech.

Just started listening- who was this?

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Anonymous wrote:Dem's are holding strong as a united front. The Republicans are just a disaster, specifically the "Freedom Caucus".

You don’t want the Dems to hold strong. That’s what happens in communist countries. Individualists act like it.

you're a nut, pp

Where was the music coming from?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is all good theater for the DC crowd, but I really don’t think the rest of America cares. If it takes a few days to pick a speaker the practical impact is negligible.

I think you're wrong. My relatives, who are all moderate/independent sometimes-voters in NC, have been texting me asking wtf is going on. The last time that happened was Jan 6th.

What is your position/occupation in DC?

I work in politics. They're totally uninterested in it. LOL

Anonymous wrote:This lady scares me so so so much

She just made people big mad. Too funny.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know how this works, but if Jeffries has more votes than McCarthy, why isn't he the new Speaker? Why is the GOP able to keep taking vote after vote? Nothing is changing. Clearly I'm missing something here.

Magic number is 218.

Assuming all 434 members are voting.

As in the first 5 votes. And why Jeffries isn’t speaker with a mere majority.

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Anonymous wrote:Dem's are holding strong as a united front. The Republicans are just a disaster, specifically the "Freedom Caucus".

You don’t want the Dems to hold strong. That’s what happens in communist countries. Individualists act like it.

Party members respecting the whip is what happens in every functional democracy. Can you name any country that anyone would actually choose to live in that lacks political parties?

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is all fun and games, but God forbid there's an international crisis or domestic crisis at home and we have no elected house to address it

Right. Because the House is usually so important and useful in those situations. (Eye roll)

DP. Don't be so obtuse, it is important to have a functioning government at all levels to address issues

With Republicans in charge it's not going to be functional with or without a speaker, let's be real.

“The people have overwhelmingly voted for Kevin McCarthy!” WTH are these people talking about?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know how this works, but if Jeffries has more votes than McCarthy, why isn't he the new Speaker? Why is the GOP able to keep taking vote after vote? Nothing is changing. Clearly I'm missing something here.

Magic number is 218.

Assuming all 434 members are voting.

This lady scares me so so so much

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Anonymous wrote:Dem's are holding strong as a united front. The Republicans are just a disaster, specifically the "Freedom Caucus".

You don’t want the Dems to hold strong. That’s what happens in communist countries. Individualists act like it.

Yeah, the Republicans have been doing a good job of holding strong for a long time, the Party of No. It's taken them this long to finally implode.

Don't worry, the Dems will implode much more quickly. But apparently they might get the Speakership before they do.

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Anonymous wrote:Dem's are holding strong as a united front. The Republicans are just a disaster, specifically the "Freedom Caucus".

The R party let the [crazy] dogs out. Now, they can't control them. They unleashed their crazies onto this entire country.

So many of these clowns should not be in Congress — they should be in jail or home, after losing their elections or forced to resign or forbidden to hold office as insurrectionists etc etc. Therefore, here we are.

The Rs are being held hostage by the very people they should have silenced, criticized, demoted, marginalized, testified against, voted against. Instead MTG is the current defacto leader.

This gal has a great presence. Good pick to make this speech.