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Don't Buy the Establishment's Spin on the House Speaker Fight

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-01-05 00:18|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 McCarthy should be resisted until he places members of the House Freedom Caucus in committee leadership positions.
Many of his current choices are anti-Trumpers.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2023-01-05 05:55|| 2023-01-05 05:55|| Front Page Top

#2 What does the US Speaker of the House do?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-05 08:40|| 2023-01-05 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I love all the discussions of McCarthy dealing for votes to get over the top. Those "deals" have no shelf life at all.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-05 08:55|| 2023-01-05 08:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Reports of McCarthy hanging with his roommate Frank Luntz in DC.

Posted by Bill Greans6336 2023-01-05 09:38|| 2023-01-05 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 McCarthy caved to the Freedom Caucus demands.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-01-05 11:38|| 2023-01-05 11:38|| Front Page Top

#6 I think there is a no confidence process for speakers of their promises don’t have a shelf life.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-05 12:35|| 2023-01-05 12:35|| Front Page Top

#7 "McCarthy hanging with his roommate Frank Luntz in DC."

The bar gossip around DC's Dupont Circle (gaybrohood) is a little more sensational.

Posted by mossomo 2023-01-05 13:01|| 2023-01-05 13:01|| Front Page Top

#8 "Sir, you do not have the votes, and it’s time to withdraw."

Nope. The narrative is how McCarthy will find the votes.

Posted by mossomo 2023-01-05 13:09|| 2023-01-05 13:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Is white smoke or black smoke the sign that we have a new speaker?

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-05 15:22|| 2023-01-05 15:22|| Front Page Top

#10 If he wants to sway the 20 dissenters, McCarthy should show a path forward that could result in real change in the way the House conducts its business.

That's not reality. If he humors these people, there's no end to the number of such factions going forward, each with mutually irreconcilable demands.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2023-01-05 20:09|| 2023-01-05 20:09|| Front Page Top

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