Who wins House Speaker?

[CrimsonFox]

Come to Housecrafters! Speaker candidates that last about an hour!

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by henry296

I think the plan is to carry out the speaker fight until after the continuing resolution expires to shutdown the government.

I think it is to do that or make sure to elect a Speaker that will guarantee that the shut down will happen. Unless there is a bipartisan candidate selected, the shut down is a forgone conclusion.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I've generally agreed that the Dems should sit on the sideline and watch the shitshow but this is going to end with a Trumper in there. They should jump in and support someone they can live with. I wonder if that's why Emmer couldn't even get to a vote because the Trumpers were concerned he'd get some Dem votes.

they really need to have friendly meetings with moderates.

also worried that such meetings might push them to the dark side

[CrimsonFox]

MSN

hmmmm there were rumours that dems would work with emmer to get him elected. If so i can't see why he would withdraw just because his party got mad at him for it

[Ksyrup]

Because the only word dirtier than disfunctional is bipartisan.

[Edward64]

This is ultimately if Trump maintains his influence on GOP House or if his influence starts to wane. So, fighting for soul of the GOP House.

[CrimsonFox]

Perfect timing for Halloween

[Edward64]

Lot's of pizza going to be delivered to Congress tonight. Let's hope they can agree on someone. Still rooting for the bowtie guy.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-ne...-23/index.html

House Republican: We will "stay here all night until we pick somebody"

In a sign of the general chaos that has enveloped the House GOP conference, the candidate forum will be reduced to “have people give a minute speeches, not go through the long process, and elect a speaker,” according to South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman.

[albionmoonlight]

"We will stay here all night until we pick somebody"

But they had just picked somebody

I can't follow their logic at all

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Lot's of pizza going to be delivered to Congress tonight. Let's hope they can agree on someone. Still rooting for the bowtie guy.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-ne...-23/index.html

I don't hope they pick someone at all!
At this point if they pick somebody it will be someone horrible

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

I don't hope they pick someone at all!
At this point if they pick somebody it will be someone horrible

I believe McHenry is acceptable to the Dems. So let’s give him more temporary powers until Jan while the GOP do their infighting.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I believe McHenry is acceptable to the Dems. So let’s give him more temporary powers until Jan while the GOP do their infighting.

if they aren't choosing emmer they definitely won't choose mchenry

[Edward64]

And the new contestants are:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...-speaker-vote/

Several Republican candidates for House speaker have emerged since Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) dropped out just hours after having been elected the GOP nominee on an internal vote. The candidates include:

• Reps. Byron Donalds (Fla.),
• Charles J. “Chuck” Fleischmann (Tenn.),
• Mark Green (Tenn.),
• Mike Johnson (La.)
• Roger Williams (Tex.).

House Republicans are meeting behind closed doors.

[RainMaker]

Does McHenry even want the job? Guy has been in the closet for years and I don't think he wants to draw too much attention to himself. First time he pisses off the far-right and they'll blast that shit everywhere.

[GrantDawg]

NEWS: fmr Speaker McCARTHY is floating a plan that would reinstall him as speaker and make conservative Trump ally, Rep. JORDAN, assistant speaker, three sources familiar with the pitch tell me + @scottwongD

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[HerRealName]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

NEWS: fmr Speaker McCARTHY is floating a plan that would reinstall him as speaker and make conservative Trump ally, Rep. JORDAN, assistant speaker, three sources familiar with the pitch tell me + @scottwongD

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I can't wait until McCarthy gets voted back in and Jordan learns he's really the assistant to the speaker.

[albionmoonlight]

It's a stupid idea and the most Rube Goldbergy way possible to solve a problem entirely of the GOP's own making.

So it will pass their conference easily.

[Ksyrup]

What could go wrong?

[cuervo72]

Time share it. McCarthy M-F, Jordan on the weekends.

[CrimsonFox]

This is where somehow Pelosi is hired for the job again

[Ksyrup]

Johnson got 85 on tonight's first ballot. Other got 31, 1 behind second place Donalds.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I believe McHenry is acceptable to the Dems. So let’s give him more temporary powers until Jan while the GOP do their infighting.

Why would you think he is acceptable his first action was to toss Pelosi out of her office while she was at Feinsteins funeral. Fuck the bow tie guy and rest of them.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Galaril

Why would you think he is acceptable his first action was to toss Pelosi out of her office while she was at Feinsteins funeral. Fuck the bow tie guy and rest of them.

Per CNBC a week ago …

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has signaled openness about electing McHenry, who was a top GOP negotiator during a partisan clash in May over the nation's debt limit, as speaker pro tem.

"We continue to say that we're seeking a bipartisan path forward that's authentic, genuine, and that we want to agree upon in good faith," Jeffries said Tuesday night.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Per CNBC a week ago …

That was for Pro temp for 30 days. I seriously doubt there would be enough votes to get him elected now anyways.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Johnson got 85 on tonight's first ballot. Other got 31, 1 behind second place Donalds.

Looks like Johnson may be gaining steam with a +12.

Second ballot vote total:

Johnson 97
Other 34
Donalds 31
Green 21
Williams 20
Present 3

[GrantDawg]

But 34 increasing as well is a sign he is not winning over detractors. I still think in the end a nutcase will win and he might be that nutcase, but nothing suggests he will be.

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[Edward64]

Someone on Reddit speculated the Other = McCarthy.


... yawn, about bedtime. Same time tomorrow guys?

[JPhillips]

The McCarthy as speaker and Jordan as assistant speaker plan is the dumbest idea yet.

Which probably means that's what we'll end up with.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Someone on Reddit speculated the Other = McCarthy.

re: the 34 votes

Rep. Drew Ferguson requested by unanimous consent to reveal who the “other” votes were on the second of the House Republican conference's secret-ballots for speaker, according to sources in the room, and 33 out of 34 votes were for Kevin McCarthy, while one was for Jim Jordan.

I read House is reconvening at noon today. My guess is McCarthy will vote for Johnson but will encourage/try to subvert the vote by proxy. He wouldn't mind one more round.

But I've not read of strong public resistance against Johnson so far. So should be another fun day (and night) on how this plays out.

[GrantDawg]

"One idea being floated is Mike Johnson as Speaker with Lauren Boebert as Assistant Speaker to give Johnson a hand."

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[GrantDawg]

It looks like Johnson is going to win. They wore the moderates down just as suspected. The Speaker of the House will now be a chief elections denier. What could possibly go wrong?

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[bronconick]

The only reason this took this long is because MAGA Republicans needed to figure out that you just needed to pick a quieter election denier, not friggin Jim Jordan. They're not bright, but we all knew that.

[Galaril]

Originally Posted by bronconick

The only reason this took this long is because MAGA Republicans needed to figure out that you just needed to pick a quieter election denier, not friggin Jim Jordan. They're not bright, but we all knew that.

Yeah reading about this guy it seems he is a Trumper by any name just a quieter one. He only has 6 years in Congress and will be easily manipulated by the crazies.

[Ghost Econ]

He's your typical Conservative. He denies everything that exists and believes everything that doesn't.

[GrantDawg]

I guess if this was a test for the soul of the GOP we can safely say they have no soul. Matt Gaetz ends up winning the gambit. For some reason a little ditty has been running through my head since I hears Johnson won. It goes something like "We are living in Hell...Living in Hell...Living in Hell...Living in Hell..."

[Edward64]

Unfortunately, I think you are right.

Have to exorcise those demons at the 2024 elections.

[Ksyrup]

Yeah the only positive that could come of this is if it hurts them in the 2024 election at multiple levels. And that seems unlikely, or at least, being tied to Trump is certainly a gamble the party is willing to continue taking.

[GrantDawg]

There's some wisdom, huh?

Here is Mike Johnson railing against Roe v. Wade, arguing that if women were forced to give birth to more “able-bodied workers,” Republicans wouldn’t try to cut Social Security and Medicare pic.twitter.com/RN5FPNlvon

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) October 25, 2023

[Ghost Econ]

It seems the new Speaker of the House doesn't have a bank account or any assets.

Neither does his wife... or their children.

Maybe it's just me... but that seems really odd.

Does New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Have a Bank Account?

[Edward64]

Probably one of those "I forgot" or "I didn't think it applied to me".

Interesting to see how this plays out.

[albionmoonlight]

This was kind of inevitable once the GOP decided on a "pick a guy we know nothing about because no one knows anything bad about him" strategy.

All the dirty laundry would come out later.

Don't think it'll matter one way or the other. The persuadable voters tend to be low-information, so they aren't following Speaker of the House financial disclosure form news like the rest of us weirdos.

[CrimsonFox]

Ken Buck unleashing hellfire on his GOP colleagues. Gotta love it. Too bad he won't do anything about it other than not come back.

And he was one of the people that caused this

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

It seems the new Speaker of the House doesn't have a bank account or any assets.

Neither does his wife... or their children.

Maybe it's just me... but that seems really odd.

Does New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Have a Bank Account?

He keeps a wad of cash in his bib overalls. They'll find him in a ditch somewhere like that heehaw guy

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Ken Buck unleashing hellfire on his GOP colleagues.

No one rides a bigger moral high horse than a "former GOP elected official."

[albionmoonlight]

It's like therapy or confession for them.

It does shit all to help anything, but I guess it lets them sleep a little better at night.