One party can't be expected to cede Speaker to the other party but

we should expect that in a very closely divided House the minority party would not join with 8 nuts to create the situation we have now. The Republican Party has the majority of the representatives so the Speaker should be a Republican. And I'd say the same thing if the numbers were reversed.

Consider this quote:

“It’s not good for our country, and it’s not good for the world,” said New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, who chairs the New Democrat Coalition, of a potential Jim Jordan speakership. “But winning the majority in 2024 just got a whole hell-of-a-lot easier.”

Not good for our country. Not good for the world. But, hey, it might help us in the next election so let's do it!

We need to rise above that. It threatens to destroy our country, imho.

I'd love to see centrist Republicans and Democrats create an alliance and vote in a moderate Speaker. But I won't hold my breath waiting for that. Maybe good for the country, but it doesn't create any political advantages.

[Post edited by Joey Wahoo at 10/17/2023 9:31PM]

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Posted: 10/17/2023 at 9:29PM

Over two weeks without a speaker. Good thing there's nothing going on here -- 81_Hokie 10/17/2023 5:49PM

The 208 Democrats who caused this can give themselves high-fives. -- Joey Wahoo 10/17/2023 8:48PM

Apparently my browser does not display sarcasm font ** -- 81_Hokie 10/17/2023 9:14PM

All due respect, Joey, but that's an insane take. -- VAGentleman05 10/17/2023 9:06PM

Maybe I am insane -- Joey Wahoo 10/17/2023 9:17PM

But McCarthy didn't give Dem any reason to support him. McCarthy knows he -- JohnHoo2 10/17/2023 9:30PM

This reminds me of the discussion we had on the board after the DNC emails -- Joey Wahoo 10/17/2023 9:43PM

I don't remember about the 2016 discussion, but I (and few others here) -- JohnHoo2 10/18/2023 01:23AM

You're "disappointed" that Dems aren't striking a deal with people who -- VAGentleman05 10/18/2023 08:57AM

There could be back room discussion that we don't know about, but in -- JohnHoo2 10/18/2023 09:38AM

An email about a strategy but with no action ever taken is just an email. -- Chuck Taylor 10/17/2023 11:57PM

McCarthy basically did what Joy is doing in this thread. -- VAGentleman05 10/17/2023 9:35PM

In that case, why aren't you calling out moderate Republicans? -- VAGentleman05 10/17/2023 9:22PM

Exactly. Just a handful of sane Republicans could have ended the insanity -- Hoo TV 10/17/2023 9:29PM

One party can't be expected to cede Speaker to the other party but -- Joey Wahoo 10/17/2023 9:29PM

I'm not sure what you think that quote from Kuster means. -- VAGentleman05 10/17/2023 9:32PM

I don't blame the Democrats for the Republicans's inability to overcome... -- Joey Wahoo 10/17/2023 10:15PM

He had done nothing to obtain Democratic support. In fact he had done worse -- southdenverhoo 10/18/2023 04:20AM

While I agree with you in the abstract, I disagree in practice -- CMUHoo 10/17/2023 11:01PM

On the other hand, things could be worse... -- TomGlansAski 10/17/2023 6:17PM

One party can't be expected to cede Speaker to the other party but

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