And you’ll get who to be Speaker now? We need to coalesce around a viable candidate who is the most conservative we can get. That’s not the most conservative, but the most conservative we can get. The GOP is a coalition and you have to pull it together.
You do that by wisely following a course of compromise on items important to you that move the ball our way. That’s Politics 101 and how republics work. We don’t have to votes to install our “guy” whoever that is since FReepers cannot coalesce around a single “perfect” candidate.
So the smart thing to do is to garner immediate gains in exchange for voting for the guy with the most votes. He’s going to win anyway. If it’s Ryan, then hold him to his promises - committee assignments, particularly in leadership, would be outstanding - that way you can move legislation ahead that we like, especially when/if we get a GOP SCOTUS.
Stop the handwringing as if we aren’t winning. We’re winning and blocking the most radical, anti-American President ever. He makes Carter look competent. The goal here is to win.
Believe it or not the GOP has gotten Dem votes on issues important to conservatives. You have to pick your battles. In the end, America gets the government its people vote for. We’re in the minority, but get more done than you’d think given what we’re up against.
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