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[brooklynite]

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[Shrike47]

1. Kyle Rittenhouse?

[First Speaker]

4. Or maybe Fuentes...

[emulatorloo]

9. How about Ye?

[blm]

2. Oy

[Mr.Bill]

3. I'm thinking Trump or Liz Cheney,

and they won't find 218 votes for Trump.

I think there are Democrats who will vote for Cheney. Maybe a lot of them.

[Tetrachloride]

6. I believe the Dems will not splinter.

[blogslug]

12. Ralph Norman doesn't seem to be a man who would suggest Ms. Cheney

He's super MAGA

[Mr.Bill]

13. But I doubt he's more powerful

than Dick Cheney.

[WarGamer]

22. Obviously not Cheney

1) She'd never get a fraction of the votes from the GOP'ers

2) The person saying they have a "secret candidate" hates Cheney.

[Demsrule86]

5. Probably Trump...

[emulatorloo]

8. He hates hard work though. But Kari Lake is looking for something to do.

I bet you are right though.

[highplainsdem]

10. My guess, too. Trump would love the platform. And I remember reading lots of

RW fantasies about making Trump speaker, then impeaching both Biden and Harris, so Trump would be president again without being elected.

[Mz Pip]

16. Yeah

But there’s no way Biden or Harris would be convicted in the Senate. No Democrat would go along with that.

[Pathwalker]

40. yup. They're just that dirty, evil, rotten, mean & nasty.

[jcgoldie]

7. Mike Pence?

[Mr.Bill]

18. Good guess.

Forgot about him. He's like that, you know. Easy to forget.

[MerryHolidays]

20. The MAGAs hate Pence. nt

[jcgoldie]

21. true

And thats why I think he would be dead in the water in any GOP presidential primary. But I could definitely see his appeal to all corners of the GOP House membership as a compromise.

[MerryHolidays]

30. I think, as others have posted, it might be Trump. nt

[jcgoldie]

31. Picking Trump would be stepping back into the hole they are trying to escape but...

...granted they've made that mistake many times to date. But what happens then to the support for their new hero DeSantis?

[MerryHolidays]

32. True.

The House Republicans are pretty wild, so anything is possible.

Someone else here mentioned Gingrich. While he's very old, he's 79, a year younger than President Biden and not much older than Trump. Moreover, he's a Trump affiliate (his wife was Trump's ambassador to the Vatican). He would be a throwback to the "good old days" of 1994 for the Rethugs, which is the direct ancestor of the horrors that they have foisted on the USA.

It will be more symbolic, but I think the Republicans are desperate to get some momentum.

[malaise]

11. Liz Cheney? 😀 n/t

[Mr.Bill]

17. Nothing would surprise me at this point.

If we can't get someone we could tolerate, I'd be content with someone with the best chance of destroying what's left of the republican party by putting on the biggest shit show in history. Bring on Herschel Walker as far as I'm concerned.

[3Hotdogs]

24. Walker: He could order a vote to install BIIIIGGGGGLLLLLLYYYYY fans to get rid of China's bad air

[Mz Pip]

14. 218

Maybe I’m wrong but can’t see Trump getting all those votes.

[republianmushroom]

15. Popcorn

[Red Mountain]

19. Would Trump risk rejection?

I'd guess no.

[Midnight Writer]

23. First to guess Mike Lindell!

[Celerity]

28. he is literally a crackhead

[madinmaryland]

41. Well, that would get him Coke Jr.'s support.

[jmellman]

25. It just has to be ....

Newt Gingrich

The speaker doesn’t have to be a member and is the MAGA crowd just loves his ‘strength.’ He’s a perfect monster specimen and reminds them all of how he took back the House. He’s also started showing up again.

[Celerity]

29. that old thug is greatly diminished these days, well past his expiry date

[MerryHolidays]

33. Gingrich is "only" 79, so the Repubs will say he's younger than President Biden

That would be a very interesting choice.

[Celerity]

37. but he is far from a vigorous force now, he sounds brittle

[MerryHolidays]

39. He'd just be a "uniting" figurehead for these maniacs.

He'd probably just delegate all the heavy lifting to someone else.

Who knows!?

[3Hotdogs]

26. I believe it will be John McCain. Their goal is to get nothing done...........

[rurallib]

27. Elon Musk!

By God he'll straighten that mess out! Kick some asses out! Fire congressmen!

[nolabear]

34. It's part of infrastructure week.

[MerryHolidays]

35. I am bookmarking this thread. It will be an interesting choice. McCarthy seems destined to lose

So they will be looking for a "consensus" candidate who will be a huge thorn in the side of President Biden and the Democrats.

As someone posted below, it might be Newt Gingrich. The more I think about it, that seems possible.

[keithbvadu2]

36. All dems should vote for Lauren Boebert.

All dems should vote for Lauren Boebert.

Just enough to put the pressure on the repubs.

Would the repubs select their own incompetence?

Can they only vote for someone nominated?

[GoCubsGo]

38. John Boehner?

Supposedly, he has been seen at the Capitol over the past few days. I can't imagine he wants the job again, though. He didn't like it when he held it the first time.

[madinmaryland]

42. Well, he would get paid for doing absolutely nothing. He would have his cigarette and

His glass of wine and just would not give a shit.