I’m going to laugh my ass off when a Democrat gets the position anyway.
The “escape hatch” is to stop being insufferable pricks
So what you’re saying is that it’s been lost for at least 30 years?
Fuckers been lost since January 20th, 1981.
A bipartisan solution to the GOP’s leadership chaos still sounds farfetched to most on the Hill — but then, so does the idea that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) might overcome his dozens of skeptics and win a floor vote early next week.
So what’s the baggage with Jim Jordan? (I’m just assuming it’s there.)
He covered up a serial rapist. Among other various and sundry bits of radicalism and racism.
There is not a chance in hell that d’s would vote for him because he’s working for Russia all the time, he’s very loud about it, and has been known to look the other way while his boss raped kids.
Old Jim used to be a coach, and he turned a blind eye to (his assistant?) molesting over a hundred kids.
He also was deeply involved with Jan 6.
All he does is yell and ramble.
They’re like the dog that caught the car it was chasing. All proud of themselves but have no fucking clue what to do with it.
The escape hatch is to vote for Jeffries. Simple as that.
But, keep on trying to get a conservative in the house. I’m laughing because that’s all I can do.
conservative
Like “freedom”, “patriot”, etc., it no longer means what it used to.
I was confused at first, but ah I know what you mean. Thing is conservative always has mean regressive since the dawn of humanity.
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The speaker does not have to be a member of Congress. The constitution does not require it.
So, we go find some figurehead that everyone loves, maybe a medal of honor recipient, astronaut, civil rights pioneer, 9/11 firefighter… Somebody without a political agenda. And instead of letting the Republicans flail until they can finally figure out how to consolidate power within their party, Democrats nominate a truly admirable outsider, and invite the Republicans to reject them.
Repeat every day with a new candidate until we have a speaker. And whoever they do eventually approve, Democrats can spend the rest of the term comparing them to the string of laudable candidates rejected by Republicans.
There’s a lot of work being speaker. Not only do you need to know the rules of the House and align subcommittees, you control what goes to the floor.
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.
Have we ever got to number 3? Not really worth worrying about…
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.
I’m glad it’s only a temporary one, McCarthy proved that they’ll lie and blame.
Which means that, unless Jordan can overcome his skeptics and push to victory on the floor in the next several days, the only way forward might be with Democrats. A group of centrist Democrats wrote to Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) on Friday to propose a limited agenda and some perks for the opposing party in exchange for temporarily restarting House business during a time of global crisis.
a limited agenda and some perks for the opposing party in exchange for temporarily restarting House business
That sort of extreme self sabotage from a position of strength is QUINTESSENTIAL Dem Leadership! 🤦
In response to Republican dumbassery, sure
Yeah, voluntarily giving them control back in exchange for 5 votes is a super way to respond to their dumbassery meaning that they’re 20 or so votes short.
The Dem leadership is always shooting themselves in the foot and giving the fascist party gifts like this and I’m frankly sick of it.
See what happened is that they tried to grab the book off the self that opens the secret escape hatch, but grabbed the necronomicon.
true leaders in escape and retreat
I think it’s closer to a murder/suicide
