Kevin McCarthy suffering from terminal foot & mouth disease dropped out, Jason Chaffetz decided he did not really want to be Speaker. Now after being courted for two weeks, Paul Ryan is being crowned as Speaker.
My question is, what happened to the third candidate? Daniel Webster.
If memory serves, he was the first one to enter the race. Then Ryan and Chaffetz. Did he drop out? Was he pushed out? Or was he just not important enough? Important enough translating to liberal enough
My guess would be nobody outside of the Freedom Caucus would support him.
Webster is still running. Boehner broke Conference rules when he allowed only Ryan to speak last night.
Webster’s House seat district has been realigned by a Federal Judge that pretty much makes it a solid Democrat District in 2016 which means he wont be around after the next election. Forget him as Speaker. I still like Marsha Blackburn(R)TN.
I’ve been wondering about Webster. And hoped the GOPe didn’t cause him to have some sort of ‘accident’.
Webster ran against Boohoo last January and was one of only 20 to vote against him.
He’s not a solid conservative, but I’ll take him over Paul Ryno any day.