“On one hand, McCarthy showed himself willing to compromise – too willing perhaps – with Joe Biden. “
Compromise? In a compromise both sides give and get something. What did WE get in return for the inflation bill? For this extension? For his refusal to release the J6 tapes? For his refusal to impeach the brazen bribery of Biden and the complete corruption of Garland?
Nothing… McCarthy didn’t compromise. He let them write the bills and set the policy.
Wow,Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like, when RINOs cry?
“On the other hand, he threw a sop to his right with an impeachment inquiry “
Like the weaponization of government committee. A place for a few people to make dramatic speeches. Committees like this are where these things go to die in DC.
Nobody falls for it.
GOPe, maybe do what your told for once and see how that works out.
Gaetz elevated the power of the minority.
“getting things done” if they are the wrong things is worse then useless.
Seems like a whole lot of Conservative Inc is saying the right words without being willing to take any action to back those words up
Gatez is playing bad cop. In order for a threat to be credible, it needs to have teeth. Gatez just showed the teeth.
There can be NO unification in the GOP unless and except unification under the banner of the establishment neo-con nation building war loving establishment Republicans. If they cannot run the GOP then they will make damned certain that NOBODY will run the GOP-especially us peasants and our opinions and beliefs.
Look at all they did to hamper Trump, and before that, the Tea Party. They hate us and we do not have a seat at the GOP table in their opinion.
They view as peasants as useful idiots-volunteer, donate, vote and STFU until we trot you out again to serve our needs.
There seems to be a misunderstanding in Conservative Inc ab out what comes next. The House continues normal operations under a Speaker Pro Tem. The Speaker chair only needs to be filled 1st in Jan of a new Congress to set the rules. Since that was done in Jan 23 the GOP can take time to elect a new Speaker
Think about it. If a Speaker died while in office, the Congress would still need to keep working while a new Speaker was elected
Gaetz is Swamp Enemy #2.
I do not know or care what his motives were. He defeated one of the deep state’s worst actors.
And therein lies the problem.
All the democrats need is five uniparty RINOs to join with them (or just not show up to vote) and they can re-elect Pelosi or anyone they want as Speaker. I doubt that the democrats will go so far as to bring back Pelosi but I would give two to one odds that the next Speaker will be a uniparty “moderate” hand picked by the democrats.
But, "weak and unreliable" Republicans are both because they are part of the uniparty and pandering to goals of its donors that contradict the base of the party.
The Republican establishment, the same people the were complicit in the Russian collusion claims, rigged the 2020 election and setup the J6 protesters, are every bit the enemy Democrats are.
No. Silly analysis.
McCarthy was WARNED when he took the job: no Uke aid, move to impeach, or we vacate the chair. It was very clear. He whiffed on both.
This won’t happen, but . . . JUST SAY THERE IS NO SPEAKER FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
Hip hip hooray! Nothing happens in D.C. We know an impeachment, even if it passes, will stop in the senate. So the House can’t pass a single “good” bill that the DemoKKKrats in the Senate won’t kill, or that Rutabaga won’t veto.
I’m perfectly fine with a de facto shutdown.