The drama swirling around the election of the Speaker of the House has a new twist for all you political geeks…….
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy dropped a political bombshell on his Republican colleagues Thursday morning by dropping out of the race for House speaker. McCarthy was the heavy favorite to succeed John Boehner at the end of the month, though he faced long-shot challenges from Reps. Jason Chaffetz and Daniel Webster, the latter being the chosen nominee of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, reports the Hill. Republicans were supposed to pick their nominee Thursday, but McCarthy’s announcement forced the vote to be postponed. Even had he won this vote, it was unclear whether McCarthy would be able to get the necessary 218 votes when the full House voted on Oct. 29—thanks to the conservative opposition to him from within his own party.
The GOP cannot do anything without some sort of drama.
Now that big Mac is gone…who oh who will get the leadership roll?
Surely someone has an opinion……here is your chance….take it!
These guys can f*ck up a wet dream…..
The House GOP just entered full meltdown mode http://bit.ly/1R1lQM3
Fascinating stuff…it looks like Boehner doesn’t really know what to do….
He was smart enough to leave these d/bags in a lurch….now watch them scramble…..tee hee
“The country is never more in danger than when Congress is in session.” — Will Rogers, I think
I say, let them play! The longer it goes on, the more people it will piss off in the streets. Eventually, it’s all going to blow… Remember a small part of a letter which Thomas Jefferson (remember him?) wrote in 1787,
“The late rebellion in Massachusetts has given more alarm than I think it should have done. Calculate that one rebellion in 13 states in the course of 11 years, is but one for each state in a century and a half. No country should be so long without one.” — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), in letter to James Madison, 20 December 1787
Also, let us remember what Bob Dylan sang, to wit: A hard rain’s a gonna fall.
The American public isn’t going to sit quietly forever, continuing to take the abuse being perpetrated upon them (nor, I think, will the rest of the world). The signs are all there; but. they keep on playing their games as there will never be any piper to be paid… Silly politicians….
gigoid, the dubious
It is good humor….the theater of the absurd….chuq
Kudos to McCarthy, though, for recognizing he wasn’t up to the job.
Agreed and then just who is up fir the job?
I’m sure that buried somewhere deep within their ranks there is a Republican capable of being a leader. The problem is that they, meaning the group in charge, are not interested in actual leadership.
Exactly……plus it will make them look bad at election time and re-election is the first priority……chuq