A bipartisan solution to the GOP's leadership problems still sounds farfetched to most. But then, so does Jim Jordan's prospects of winning next week.
  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    2 years ago

    The majority and minority leader can handle the overwhelming majority of that work. The speaker role could be as a mediator between the two of them.

    The troublesome part is that the speaker is third in the line of succession.

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
        1·
        2 years ago

        Technically, Nixon was first, Agnew was second, so in a sense, Ford could have been considered number 3. If we ever did get to a true #3, it would be a very comparable to Ford’s presidency.