Kevin McCarthy Abruptly Drops Out of House Speaker Race

New York Times ^ | 10/8/2015 | JENNIFER STEINHAUER

[dragnet2]

WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy on Thursday abruptly took himself out of the race to succeed John A. Boehner as speaker, apparently undone by the same forces that drove Mr. Boehner to resign.

[kabar]

It IS a good thing.

[mulligan]

Good.

[IamConservative]

apparently undone by the same forces that drove Mr. Boehner to resign.

I doubt undercutting the Benghazi committee and starring in a TV Ad for the opposing parties front runner for the White House helped matters. That alone disqualified him IMO. Being a RINO and Boehner bootlicker just iced the cake.

[Huskrrrr]

Yeow-suh!

[immadashell]

The party will unify once they stop attacking the Tea Party. They don't have to agree with them, just stop sounding like a bunch of frightened liberals!

[100American]

Boehner is Toast...

No one will do ANYTHING as long as he stays, it is all in suspended animation until they put forth the next “leader” or the actual Repubs get together and Bow Up telling the current bunch of Pansies what up!

[tcrlaf]

NOW are you beginning to understand how Obama has been riding roughshod over the GOP leadership?

Given how the Obamunists have weaponized government, it would be no big stretch to think they have been using the FBI files and NSA surveillance against them.

[Cold Heat]

No....It IS a good thing...He would have been Boner II.

[ConservativeDude]

remember that guy from Louisiana a few years back that this happened to? Was it Livingstone?

But he was poised to be Speaker, and then all of a sudden, he was gone...not just from the race...but pretty quickly from Congress if my memory is correct...

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Chgogal]

Anyone can run for Speaker of the House of Representatives.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2015/0925/John-Boehner-exit-Anyone-can-run-for-House-speaker-even-you

[GOPJ]

Mr. McCarthy told the room, <>“I’m not the one to unify the party.”

He's right - he's NOT the one.

[Rodm]

Time for a Godly man like Daniel Webster to be leader of the House.

[Cold Heat]

Yup......he was playing in the company pool...

[GOPJ]

Mr. McCarthy told the room, <>“I’m not the one to unify the party.”

He's right - he's NOT the one.

[Ray76]

Yes it certainly does.

[Pelham]

Wow. More good news!

McCarthy was a GOPe flunky through and through.

One more victory for the American people in the war against the Chamber of Crony Commerce and their GOP stooges.

[rrrod]

We need to contact the Freedom Caucus and thank them...they need to hear from us.

[Cold Heat]

I’m OK with him...He will pick a good 2nd and whip.

[Signalman]

I think McCarthy’s gaff about Benghazi did him in. They convinced him that the Hildabeast would keep using this during the campaign and if he were the Speaker, it would be bad news.