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Scrivener7

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11. This. Democrats having some power in the House is a lot better than Democrats having no

Reply to GenXer47 (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 03:41 PM

Jan 2023

power in the House.

I don't get why anyone would object to our taking the Speakership.

People will be mean? They're going to be mean anyway. We'll have to make deals? We are going to have to make deals anyway.

Neither of these are made worse by our having the Speakership.

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Cautionary point about hoping for Jeffries to be elected Speaker.... [View all] brooklynite Jan 2023 OP

it would be worse than herding cats samnsara Jan 2023 #1

Thank you. niyad Jan 2023 #2

I agree. catbyte Jan 2023 #3

So Republicans would get a lot out of that deal bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #4

And he'd be scapegoated by BOTH sides for everything. hlthe2b Jan 2023 #5

I think the MAGA caucus would do everything they could to make his job impossible. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #6

It would still be better than the Democrats having no hand to play in the House. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #10

but he could also stall, block, or redirect GenXer47 Jan 2023 #7

That is the primary upside (and a big one) if the Repubs let Jeffries win. LonePirate Jan 2023 #9

This. Democrats having some power in the House is a lot better than Democrats having no Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #11

The GOP cannot let him get the Speaker's office. It's too powerful. It controls what comes to the ZonkerHarris Jan 2023 #8

Agreed. Jeffries as speaker at this point would be damaging to him and the Democrats. panader0 Jan 2023 #12

The main reason to want a Democratic Speaker is in case thucythucy Jan 2023 #13

There is no good reason for a Dem to be Speaker of this GOP majority House Raven123 Jan 2023 #14

So? It would build character. 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #15