Posted on 10/17/2023 6:04:37 AM PDT by cotton1706
Senate Republicans embarrassed by the prolonged stalemate in the House over electing a new Speaker are warming up to the idea of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) taking the job in hopes that he’ll be able to corral conservative House rebels.
Jordan has long been regarded in Washington as one of the most hard-line conservatives in Congress. He founded the House Freedom Caucus and played a leading role in challenging President Biden’s 2020 election victory.
But Senate Republicans who were pulling for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to hang onto his job and then quietly rooted for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) to wield the Speaker’s gavel are now willing to give Jordan the “benefit of the doubt.”
Senators say the leadership vacuum in the House is a major problem that needs to get solved as soon as possible, and they worry that if Jordan can’t marshal a majority vote on the House floor, the impasse could last for days if not weeks longer.
“We just need effective leadership. We can’t have this nonsense of a handful of people questioning a Speaker every time we have to deal with difficult subjects, and we have a lot to deal with,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C. said). “I hope that Jim’s up to the task.”
Tillis and other senators think that Jordan has “evolved” since his earlier days of tormenting GOP leaders and helping chase former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) from power. Boehner once called members of the Freedom Caucus, which Jordan once led, a bunch of “legislative terrorists.”
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They're such leaders, these Senators! (sarc)
Coming around with support once the inevitable is clear.
They're just realizing that they'll have to work with him so they're trying to get on board if they still want to call themselves Republicans.
Yeah, because Speaker Pelosi was a rational middle of the road “speaker”. We need to remove all these fake Republicans and start over.
We will soon come to the realization that the Dems have the Senate and Joe has the Magic pen.
They mean they hope he's come over to the dark side.
The Hill. Someone needs to inform them the senate doesn’t have a vote.
While ‘the senate’ may welcome it the news is fake.
When you start to loose the DungHill, you are done.
80% chance Jordan is next Speaker and a serious candidate for 2028.
Yep, which only leaves us with one play, shutdown the government to get significant spending cuts, and I have yet to see a Speaker willing to do that.
And house Republicans have the magic purse
80% chance Jordan is next Speaker and a serious candidate for 2028.
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Hope that’s true. If bad things happen because we end-up with someone who is to the left of McCarthy, the rule-or-ruin crowd should be held accountable.
The one real play is the next election. Shutting down the government has never reaped a benefit and I abhor the idea of giving government workers a paid vacation. And our economy is too fragile right now.
True, plus we have gone from Pelosi to McCarthy to Jordan. I’d say we’re moving in the right direction, no matter what.
Jim Jordan is a sharp cookie. Although we won’t get everything we want immediately, we have to play the long game, similar to what the left has done for decades. Shoot for 100% and be happy with 51%. (same as stock trading)
Once he lets the aid go to I & U...nothing to stop him from holding up border money under the guise of...it takes time...
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