Posted on 10/08/2015 4:51:53 PM PDT by cotton1706
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthys (R-CA) surprise Thursday announcement that he would withdraw from the race to replace Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker of the House has thrown the race into turmoil. Pundits have suggested names ranging from Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to the omnipresent Mitt Romney as replacements. Robert Costa of the Washington Post reports that according to Rep. Peter King (R-NY), members are crying in cloakroom, unable to handle the unrest and confusion.
But that unrest is hardly as frightening as a potential catastrophic measure reported by Bloomberg Politics reporter Sahil Kapur:
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur Rep. Charlie Dent (R) says there may have to be a bipartisan coalition on the floor to elect the next speaker.
Dent, who considers himself a possible replacement for Boehner along those lines, told CNN, we [may] have to assemble a bipartisan coalition, thats the reality of the place
The question now is: Whos gonna step up and try to grab the brass ring?
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Of course they will use dims. They are majority progressive at heart. The leadership will do whatever they have to to stay in power. Anything.
Just to be clear. You’re saying wrestling is fake?
How about Mark Levin for Speaker! Wouldn’t that be great?
Mongol General: Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.
Yes, but he said no already.
The GOPe is so trying to out-lib the dems, to the point of being obscene. The bastards dont even try to hide it anymore, and have nothing but contempt for the American people who wont capitulate to their will.
Draft him! Newt would also be great. Or Ted Cruze. I know but imagination can be fun.
Newt was the last fighter we had in that position.
Yup, every last one of 'em (except George the Animal Steele!).
George C Scott ‘Patton’ “Americans, traditionally, love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big league ball players, the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. Now, I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.”
Losers is what you get when men cry over spilt milk.
Constitutionally, there is no requirement that the Speaker be a member of the House, or even a member of Congress at all.
I thought Tom Delay was pretty good at the job. But I’m not sure he is conservative enough.
I can’t imagine any reader falling for this tripe.
The new speaker will be a current GOP member of the house.
Disapproves of your sentence structure, Yoda Grammar Nazi does.
Yep a good man. He would be great.
My WAY bad....
Here ya go Peter ...
You are right. Tom Delay was good, too. He was constantly attacked by the left, which is a good sign he was doing something right.
the left plays dirty. They have brutally attacked conservative supreme court justices and nominees. They attack conservative leaders. I wonder how much they controlled Hastert with the dirt they held on him.
2013Lyin Ryan targeted and stabbed military retirees (include those retired medically) in the back when he struck a deal with Sen. Patty Murray to reduce retirement COLAs. Same deal that they wanted to payout over $4 billion to illegals invading our country.
It took two votes to overturn this piece of garbage. Id never vote for him for anything.
The bastards better not.
IMHO, such a move would guarantee a Trump/Cruz ticket and many primary challenges of turncoat Pubbies.
On 2nd thought, you know what? GO AHEAD, DO IT!
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