A handful of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday ousted Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as party infighting plunged Congress into further chaos just days after it narrowly averted a government shutdown.
Now the house will be motionless other than maybe subcommittee meetings and such. Until the GOP nominates a new speaker. It only took 15 attempts last time…
The mostly likely replacement at this point is probably the Democrat Jeffries, assuming the dems are still united on that front. I don’t know who of the gop would be able to swing the whole party at this point.
Anyone with an R next to their name would be commiting political suicide to cross the isle like that.
We might see one of the more centrist Rs try to broker a power sharing deal if things get too bleak though since it’s apparent the freedom caucus does not know what compromise or negotiation means.
As a libertarian, the last 7 years have been one big, depressing bowl of popcorn. I didn’t agree with Obama on much, but he was at least a decent executive, but all these geriatrics in office just make me so frustrated.
My vote doesn’t matter anyway because all of the positions I vote for end up going to the same party with at least 20% vote difference. So I mostly vote for the minority party if I think it’ll be close, otherwise I vote for my state’s mediocre libertarian candidates.
Nominate a center right speaker that some conservative blue dog Dems will vote for? That way bills are more centrist and more likely to get through a bipartisan Congress with less friction?
So… now what?
Now the house will be motionless other than maybe subcommittee meetings and such. Until the GOP nominates a new speaker. It only took 15 attempts last time…
The mostly likely replacement at this point is probably the Democrat Jeffries, assuming the dems are still united on that front. I don’t know who of the gop would be able to swing the whole party at this point.
Highly unlikely.
Anyone with an R next to their name would be commiting political suicide to cross the isle like that.
We might see one of the more centrist Rs try to broker a power sharing deal if things get too bleak though since it’s apparent the freedom caucus does not know what compromise or negotiation means.
They don’t have to cross the isle, they just need to abstain.
Democrats pop some popcorn; Republicans tear each other to shreds.
I wish it could be so simple but the government shutdown was only delayed.
As a libertarian, the last 7 years have been one big, depressing bowl of popcorn. I didn’t agree with Obama on much, but he was at least a decent executive, but all these geriatrics in office just make me so frustrated.
My vote doesn’t matter anyway because all of the positions I vote for end up going to the same party with at least 20% vote difference. So I mostly vote for the minority party if I think it’ll be close, otherwise I vote for my state’s mediocre libertarian candidates.
Nominate a center right speaker that some conservative blue dog Dems will vote for? That way bills are more centrist and more likely to get through a bipartisan Congress with less friction?
Nah. Let’s obstruct harder!
Patrick McHenry is the speaker protempore