Sigh. I fear deep state is just too powerful to let that happen. Don’t need mail in ballots for this one..
I think McCarthy will do a good job. Who else even wants the job?
Is everyone aware that the Dems could conceivably elect a speaker from their party if the peel off a few Republican votes? I think the Republicans need to get their sh-t together.
I like Andy Biggs - but he should have run for Mark Kelly’s Senate seat. He has street cred with MAGA voters and enough support from non-MAGA Republicans to have taken that seat away.
This guy Biggs doesn’t have the votes. The only Republican even close to having the votes is McCarthy, and the alternative is someone the Democrats help pick. I’m no fan of McCarthy, but he has has at least promised to remove Ilhan Omar and Eric Swalwell from their committee posts. It’s either McCarthy or someone worse - the choice needs to be McCarthy.
Look — if the non-McCarthy people have more than a dozen votes, call me. Beyond that, they’ve got rhetoric in one hand and (feces) in another.
They will use this to either 1) gain attention and votes back home or 2) get McCarthy to get them something in a bill somewhere that will give them attention and votes.
Harsh reality... about 50 Reps run everything in the House. If they’re not part of those 50, then they have trouble getting a dog to bite them if they break up a dog fight.
mccarthy will win
the magas are just making him earn their vote
If you shoot at the king you better not miss.
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The Dems are going to take advantage of GOP infighting. This is stupid. McCarthy needs a unanimous vote.
Biggs is running for self advancement, more than anything else. With such a slim GOP majority now is not the time to cause a GOP party rumble that could well result in a Dim sponsored House leader and cause Biggs supporters even more heartache in the House.
Biggs is LDS - McCarthy is Catholic like Pelosi and other Speakers in my lifetime. Why that is, I don’t know. Newt Gingrich (Catholic) was my Rep when he was Speaker and I liked him fine. Fortunately, Many Catholics are waking up: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251793/new-poll-catholic-voters-sour-on-biden-democrats
I listened to MTG week before last. She explained very well why she’s voting for McCarthy. Nothing to do with McCarthy establishment track record and questionable conservative credentials. McCarthy scriptwriters and PR Pros are as good as those of DeSantis. They can make inexperienced conservatives swoon.
But MTG said that although she personally would prefer someone else, someone other than McCarthy, she said we need to wake up to reality.
MTG said if conservatives are not careful, they’ll get some disaster like Paul Ryan for Speaker. MTG explained that although McCarthy was not ideal, at the least members could bring pressure to him and hold him to account.
I nodded in approval thinking MTG made some good points.
But Biggs, although he doesn’t have the votes to be Speaker, makes good points too. This is a rare opportunity for conservatives to make themselves the establishment in DC, not with grift and bribes, but with real policy to reverse the Oligarchs and Marxists who are destroying the country.
So I’m on the fence. And I’m looking for a firebrand who can get the votes. Maybe an outsider like Newt Gingrich could get the votes. Say what you will about Newt, there’s no denying he set America on a different, more conservative track.