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Honestly if McCarthy cant secure the speakership it needs to be underscored just how much of a personal failing that is from the fool. Blaming a raucous caucus I feel lets him off the hook too much.
A competent speaker knows how to rangle votes (often quietly) and how to manage votes and he has failed at both so far.
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Also not to put too fine a point in it but McCarthy is one of the most ideologically "conservative" leaders we could potentially have in the last 30 years so...
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Lol he lost the second vote with even less supporr. Oh heavens this looks hilariously week
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The have no cogent argument or demands, they have no alternative, and there is no plan. This is hilarious. As long as Dems vote Jeffries and stay in their seats then this stays and Republicans look like utter fools
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I LOVE HE MOVED INTO THE OFFICE BEFORE THE VOTE DESPITE KNOWING HE DIDNT HAVE IT LOCKED UP. THE DINGUS LIKELY MADE EVEN MORE PEOPLE ANGRY
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The key difference here is that Pelosi for any of her flaws would not have gone to a vote on the floor if it wasnt assured. She would have stepped down.
There have been people running for speaker in the last century who realized they didnt have the votes. NEWT GINGRICH did that.
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Congress isnt paralyzed. The House is. The Senate is fully functional (to whatever degree you can say that about the chamber)
All reports agree the Biden administration strategy is to just keep nominating judges and personnel across the bureaucracy. As that doesnt need the House theyre doing that, which even ifn
the House was functional would still be the plan
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So keep on with the speaker votes lads, take as long as you want. Biden is essentially providing sensible and stable governance and you arent needed.
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Well not for a while at least, if this dragged on for months it would be "bad" but that seems unlikely.