"We might never elect a Speaker"

[brooklynite]

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[wryter2000]

1. Both Scalise and Jordan are done?

Let the few decent Republicans vote for Hakeem and get this done. Someone estimated there are 12 sane Republicans left.

[underpants]

2. Stefanik

I saw a thread earlier that now she’s Trump’s #1

[FrankBooth]

5. Yep

I believe she'll end up speaker when the dust settles, although that may be a while.

[brooklynite]

6. Unsourced and unreliable

[FrankBooth]

10. Huh?

NM

[brooklynite]

16. Tell me who "BNN Breaking" is.....

[DemocratInPa]

14. if she is Trump's #1, she will never be speaker..

That is a kiss of death..

[ancianita]

3. Gotta ask: When was their first clue?

[bdamomma]

4. Filthy

Maga bastards, without no speaker nothing can be done. No aid to Ukraine or Israel. Other countries are watching this esp. Putin!!!!!

Our is credibility is waning because of our own domestic terrorists.

[C_U_L8R]

7. That's one way to close the country down

Republicans should resign in shame. They are incompetent.

[RockRaven]

8. If/when there is a shutdown because the 45day CR is up and there still isn't a goddamned Speaker

it should be noted that it would only take 5 House Repukes to prevent a shutdown (by selecting a Dem Speaker and passing a CR, then -- if they insist, and they would -- immediately re-vacating the Speaker's chair with all R votes), and it wouldn't rely on those five Rs trusting Ds in any way. Those aisle-crossers would remain in control, because of their ability to yank the Speakership at any time.

Remember that if there is a shutdown because there still isn't a Speaker. It would only be happening because 98% of House Rs would rather have a government shutdown than behave like a responsible adult.

And because of the majority-minority asymmetry in ability to kick the Speaker out, it does not follow that Dems should cross the aisle to select a R speaker, because once in place they would need R votes to hold that Speaker to account for any broken promises or agreement. That a non-starter, there is no such reservoir of trust.

[DFW]

9. Oh, they'll elect a Speaker, and it'll be a Republican. Bob Livingston minus the affair

In other words, a nobody out of nowhere, who will embarrass nobody, offend nobody, impress nobody, and BE nobody. The lightning rods draw just that, and at some point, the rest of them will get tired of being fried in the court of public opinion. Like the slogan goes, Democracy dies in darkness, and the Republicans are having too much light on them for the moment for democracy to die (their goal).

House Republicans are not the passengers on Flight 93. They will not crash their plane to save anyone else, certainly not the country or the government. Any Republican House member who votes for Hakeem for Speaker might as well switch parties now, and have a seat on the board of Dow Chemical or AT&T waiting on January 3, 2025.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

19. Name *one* of them who meets this criteria

a nobody out of nowhere, who will embarrass nobody, offend nobody, impress nobody, and BE nobody

Even the "nobodies" are adept at being offensive, embarrassing and not at all impressive. Why do you think they belong to the party they do?

[DFW]

21. Some of them belong to the party they do because it's the only game in town.

Sort of like how useless it is to be a Republican on Cape Cod--or a Democrat in northern Idaho.

I don't know if there IS a House Republican who meets those criteria, but it's the only thing that will keep the speaker's gavel in their hands AND give a ghost of a chance to get anything done.

[sakabatou]

11. Once again, Repukes can't govern

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Republicans break Congress.

Who had that on their Bingo card?

[Celerity]

15. pretty much every sane person

[Baitball Blogger]

18. Must be the free block in the center of the Bingo card.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

20. You must have gotten the Wile E Coyote bingo card

Because I know that plenty of people are like this about their cards:

[Celerity]

13. death cult clown car steams ahead at rapid pace, with no hands on the wheel nor feet on the brakes

[Qutzupalotl]

17. If only working across the aisle weren't a capital crime.

They could pick a moderate R and peel off a few D votes.

Oh well. Guess they'll keep churning out crazies.

[DFW]

22. If things get any worse

Republicans will put up a death strip and armed towers at the aisle to make sure none of their members cross the border without written permission from the party bosses, just like their socialist role models in East Germany.