Nice job on the thread title.
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yall, that’s not nate’s writing, it’s just on nate’s site
Well, maybe if the byline wasn’t in 4 point light gray font on a white background that would have been more noticeable.
Also the byline is “Matt Glassman and Nate Silver”
Nate should go back to his roots and just do polls.
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So it sounds like Jordan is going to back a plan to make McHenry a somewhat empowered Speaker Pro Tem until January, but it’s very unclear whether the GOP has 217 votes for that or even close to it. Sounds like some of the GOP wants to try to do that without Dems so that it’s not a coalition leadership in the House and they don’t have to make any concessions related to power sharing. But it sounds like more of the GOP wants to burn it down.
Also the no votes on Jordan are still getting death threats to their families.
Why don’t they just nominate this McHenry guy and see if he can get 217?
Cue up the circus music. Too many Jordan supporters won’t back McHenry on a temporary basis.
https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1715066518411644946?t=9X-K_4qJj-YkR3wdILWOVg&s=19
McCarthy isn’t sure McHenry has a majority of the GOP caucus so the temporary plan may be a total non-starter for the GOP caucus.
Do 8 republicans have the balls to vote against Trump? If they made him speaker could he just delegate everything to Gym?
On the one hand this would be politically risky for Trump. Look what’s happened to the last few Republican Speakers. It’s a shit job, and it’s obviously a step back from POTUS. On the other, he can shut down the federal courts, and it gives him an argument that the Dems are prosecuting a sitting political opponent.
https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1715065953598230836
https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1715067367842025741
We really may get into the shutdown before the House manages to elect a Speaker or empower a Speaker pro tem. If the GOP can’t put McHenry up for a vote with way > 50% of the GOP caucus, they’re going to have to make significant power sharing concessions to get that many Dem votes, and that’s going to take a lot of pressure - like from an ongoing shutdown that’s clearly the GOP’s fault.
You know, if you’re in a party that mobilizes unhinged second remedy people against your family if you don’t vote for something they want, maybe consider leaving that party? Switch parties, the other guys just send sternly worded letters.
It’s almost like it’s dangerous for a major political party to empower a lunatic fringe.
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If these “moderates” receiving threats wanted to send a real message they would flip and vote for Jeffries.
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Meh. That lunatic fringe has had the most power of any faction since 2010.
Remember when John McCain gave thumbs down on the effort to repeal Obamacare? That was cool. Like a Kurt Gibson or Stanford band moment in Congress.