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kentuck

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21. It would create turmoil and confusion in the Republican caucus.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #20)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 01:54 PM

Aug 2025

Perhaps some delay and obstruction, but it's the only idea I have at this time.

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We are all operating on the assumption that we will fix this problem with the mid-term elections. [View all] kentuck Aug 2025 OP

do you really want speaker jordan? rampartd Aug 2025 #1

I think it would throw the Republicans into disarray and confusion. kentuck Aug 2025 #2

That's attacking the sardine can with a flat-top can opener bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #3

But looking at it from a Republican perspective. kentuck Aug 2025 #5

Doesn't matter if we win a majority in the House even if we also take the Senate (unlikely) Jersey Devil Aug 2025 #4

The budget. kentuck Aug 2025 #6

don't see a new speaker as particularly helpful stopdiggin Aug 2025 #7

This problem will never be completely fix. republianmushroom Aug 2025 #8

I am not "operating on the assumption that we will fix this problem with the mid-term elections" OKIsItJustMe Aug 2025 #9

The House controls the budget... kentuck Aug 2025 #10

Get rid of Johnson, and you'll get worse TnDem Aug 2025 #11

He would not be "gerrymandered" out... kentuck Aug 2025 #12

You underestimate the power of this machine TnDem Aug 2025 #16

If we can delay or obstruct in any way... kentuck Aug 2025 #17

They changed the one vote rule. nt moniss Aug 2025 #31

Getting a "better" speaker might not be what this tactic is about. Ilikepurple Aug 2025 #33

There are plenty of things Democrats could be doing right now, and many of them Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #13

Give us that list again. kentuck Aug 2025 #14

Nope. Sick of the personal insults from the swarm. Sick of beating my head against that brick wall of ridiculousness. Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #15

Don't take the insults personally. Some of us (kentuck, me, etc.) would benefit from seeing the list. Thanks. TheRickles Aug 2025 #23

What are these suggestions? creeksneakers2 Aug 2025 #25

Speak for yourself...once a fascist dictatorship takes over, it takes decades to unwind Prairie Gates Aug 2025 #18

I heard a report that Orban is expected to lose his election. kentuck Aug 2025 #19

We won't fix anything by winning the House in 2026. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2025 #20

It would create turmoil and confusion in the Republican caucus. kentuck Aug 2025 #21

Delay and obstruction? Well, maybe Speaker Marjorie Taylor Greene is a solution! nt :) JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2025 #22

Boebert would never vote for MTG... kentuck Aug 2025 #24

If we retake Congress it will only move to the next level creeksneakers2 Aug 2025 #26

We can't trust no promise from any republican standingtall Aug 2025 #27

We are not operating on the assumption the mid-term election is the " big fix"... agingdem Aug 2025 #28

And even them... the House can't be anything more than a speedbump until 2029 WarGamer Aug 2025 #29

I believe that the mid-terms, if they take place, moniss Aug 2025 #30

It would arrest the "Trump Agenda" for starters. It would stop the Trump judicial candidates no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #32