An unexpected political evolution for Mike Johnson? - Bulwark Podcast Clip

[Rhiannon12866]

House Speaker Mike Johnson has lately taken a surprisingly bipartisan approach, earning both praise and criticism. What's happening here?

[stopdiggin]

1. It's so much easier when all you have to do is stir up sh*t

and monkey-wrench everybody else's goals. Turns out, being an adult - and actually trying to get things done ... Gee, that's different!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Instead, he's attempting to pay both sides against the middle - so no one can trust him

[stopdiggin]

3. In the end - you gotta find the votes somewhere ...

(or else you don't ... and then the alternative is to fiddle while Rome burns. )

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I'm certainly grateful that he got the votes for aid to Ukraine, but on other issues he still can't be trusted.

[stopdiggin]

5. Oh, I'm not saying any D ought to 'trust' him

but that won't stop me from 'using' him as the opportunity arises.
And I would strategize with my neighbors, completely within that framework and mindset.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. And he knows that he won't replaced as Speaker thanks to the Democrats who want to avoid more Republican chaos

[czarjak]

7. If...

He practiced what he preached, and picked up a Bible and read it, he'd know not to follow the guy that has never picked up a Bible other than for self-aggrandizement. .