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20. ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! If this blockade is to be broken then it is the Rs who must

Thu Jan 5, 2023, 02:36 PM

Jan 2023

come over to the Ds and support a D speaker.

I thought I read an article about a rule that said if a House speaker was not elected within 2 weeks of the opening session of Congress there is one ready to take over until the Rs get this s**t together. It's a black woman and she doesn't have to be nominate or confirmed. I don't think she is a Rep either. She is just "staff." I assume one reason is to prevent the staff from having to go without paychecks.

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At this point, Democrats should decide who the moderate R is that they will vote for [View all] Sogo Jan 2023 OP

No. Let them dig themselves out. Srkdqltr Jan 2023 #1

A crime syndicate should have a good mob boss as leader. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #4

When your enemy is destroying itself, don't get in the way. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #2

If this enemy morphs into Trump as Speaker, Sogo Jan 2023 #3

The dems are being very smart with nerves of steel. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #10

Yep. We get to 5pm tomorrow, and the bobble-heads get their weekend news, Volaris Jan 2023 #33

What is your prediction for next week? Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #34

By Wed the votes will start to coalesce around maybe Jordan, Volaris Jan 2023 #37

GOP voting for Trump as speaker is a trick to get Dems to make a deal? Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #46

How many votes have been cast for Trump? onenote Jan 2023 #51

I am responding to a post saying that the base may demand more Trump votes. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #58

They're not that smart lol...if the base wants Trump, that's what they will try to do. Volaris Jan 2023 #54

I think they have animal cunning. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #59

The Maga base has already demonstrated that. Volaris Jan 2023 #66

Trump doesn't want the job. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #75

You may be fine with it but the representatives and their staffs are not. former9thward Jan 2023 #89

You're vastly underestimating how much AkFemDem Jan 2023 #13

They may hate him, but they fall in line every time. Sogo Jan 2023 #22

I don't see that as anything but a negative for Republicans. yardwork Jan 2023 #41

I agree, he doesn't want the job. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #77

Trump as speaker would Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #78

I think this is probably true Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #93

I don't think he would even show up. n/t Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #98

The x has only gotten one nomination and vote MagickMuffin Jan 2023 #82

I guess I don't see where you are coming from Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2023 #29

For right now, I trust the Dem leadership to do what is appropriate to the situation. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #31

Thank you, Algernon Moncrieff. Sogo Jan 2023 #32

stefanik. Then they will 'unify more than any other house in history' to carry out an wiggs Jan 2023 #35

To me, this would is not about "getting in the way" Silent3 Jan 2023 #67

Excellent points, Silent3! Sogo Jan 2023 #71

I agree on a moderate, but it has to be one elected lindysalsagal Jan 2023 #72

There are no real moderates elected to the House any more Silent3 Jan 2023 #80

Let them nominate trump, if that's what they want. LuvLoogie Jan 2023 #5

The Democrats should say to the Republicans, you broke it, you bought it Walleye Jan 2023 #6

No RandySF Jan 2023 #7

No Botany Jan 2023 #8

No way do we rescue these idiots. vanlassie Jan 2023 #9

I don't perceive it as rescuing, but overtaking. Sogo Jan 2023 #14

Really not rescuing, newdayneeded Jan 2023 #92

Is it rescuing them Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #94

Not.without. A. Power-Sharingn. Agreement ColinC Jan 2023 #11

Every second they are doing this they aren't taking away Social Security. Gore1FL Jan 2023 #12

And the 20 will vote for McCarthy Beachnutt Jan 2023 #15

I do NOT think we should do it, but if every Dem voted for the moderate Rethug, only 6 Rethugs Celerity Jan 2023 #42

No, no, a thousand times no. blue neen Jan 2023 #16

Nope, we need to stay out of the way of the circular firing squad. lark Jan 2023 #17

You forget, maybe, no one is getting paid. former9thward Jan 2023 #90

I wish they would find a way to swear them in without having a Speaker. lark Jan 2023 #96

Yesterday, Pelosi said exactly what I think. Torchlight Jan 2023 #18

Until a group of R's make concessions ThoughtCriminal Jan 2023 #19

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! If this blockade is to be broken then it is the Rs who must in2herbs Jan 2023 #20

The GOP crime syndicate should get the mob boss they deserve. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #21

No. Ninga Jan 2023 #23

no such thing as a moderate republican DBoon Jan 2023 #24

Dan Newhouse (WA-4) and David Valadao (CA-22) are the only 2 Rethugs left in the House who voted to Celerity Jan 2023 #48

ok, not quite extinct but a critically endangered species nevertheless DBoon Jan 2023 #76

Ooof.... only 2? Dorian Gray Jan 2023 #95

No, this is FEAR OF TRUMP, a Republican pathology. enough Jan 2023 #25

If. And a huge if all McCarthys concessions are off and dems set the rules. Srkdqltr Jan 2023 #26

Oh HELL no! GOPers used gerrymandering and voter suppression to get the crazies in. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #27

BUT... Would any republicans support Hakeem Jeffries "for the sake of the institution" keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #28

Dems; keep voting for Hakeem. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #30

Folks keep acting like there are moderate repubs that would work with Democrats onenote Jan 2023 #36

this is true ZonkerHarris Jan 2023 #45

Thanks for this. crickets Jan 2023 #52

Minor Correction ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #81

Mark Cuban Captain Zero Jan 2023 #38

NO. Excuse me... HELL NO. KentuckyWoman Jan 2023 #39

No Hekate Jan 2023 #40

N. O. durablend Jan 2023 #43

FUCK NO! never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake ZonkerHarris Jan 2023 #44

As crazy as the GOP is, they'll never vote en masse for a non-House member Tarc Jan 2023 #47

Why not get some moderate R votes and elect Jeffries? yardwork Jan 2023 #49

I like that.... Sogo Jan 2023 #53

Again, who are these "moderates" onenote Jan 2023 #56

I tend to agree; I'm just countering the OP. yardwork Jan 2023 #60

In what way are we in a position of strength? Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2023 #68

Larry Hogan sounds excellent. Sogo Jan 2023 #73

If he'd do the job, I'd suggest throwing his name out there Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2023 #74

The r thugs will not vote for Valadao or Newhouse Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #85

That would be soooo awesome! ecstatic Jan 2023 #87

Seriously you want Dems to vote for a republican? Emile Jan 2023 #50

Perhaps I'm naive to believe that there may be some sensible ones.... Sogo Jan 2023 #57

Who do you have in mind? yardwork Jan 2023 #61

I don't have anyone in mind.... Sogo Jan 2023 #65

Again - not to be a broken record - we did this just two days ago in Ohio Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2023 #62

Now name the moderate r thugs in DC Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #84

212. Every single time. ck4829 Jan 2023 #55

No, let the moderate repukes vote for a moderate Dem Mysterian Jan 2023 #63

Um inthewind21 Jan 2023 #64

Disagree jcgoldie Jan 2023 #69

Starting Jan. 13, staffers for both parties will not be paid. That is a terrible burden to lay on tblue37 Jan 2023 #70

So lay the chaos at the feet of those responsible. Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #86

Easy to say on an internet discussion board. former9thward Jan 2023 #91

Trashing this thread. Emile Jan 2023 #79

No! Scottie Mom Jan 2023 #83

This is beyond not smart Genki Hikari Jan 2023 #88

No. The Democrats already spend too much time cleaning up these assholes' messes. GoCubsGo Jan 2023 #97