On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 4:59:52 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:certain to lose on a first ballot.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-choose-scalise-as-their-candidate-for-speaker-after-mccarthys-ouster
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LOL, I want some of what you're smoking.
"After Steve Scalise clinched House Republicans’ nod for speaker on Wednesday, he did not deliver a victory speech. He didn’t hold a news conference for cable TV, and champagne was not delivered to his leadership suite.
Instead, within hours, some House Republicans openly doubted that Scalise could ever get elected on the floor. At least a dozen Republicans have publicly lined up against Scalise, who can only afford to lose four of them — meaning that he is all but
The House GOP’s hoped-for moment of unity never materialized. Scalise secured just 50.7 percent of the conference’s support, an illustration — as if one were ever needed — of how divided House Republicans remain after Kevin McCarthy’s ousterlast week."
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/11/scalise-moment-of-unity-on-pause-house-gop-00121049
TB
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-choose-scalise-as-their-candidate-for-speaker-after-mccarthys-ouster
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I am absolutely one of the worst at political predictions, if not*the* worst. I think the most likely person to be the next speaker is Kevin McCarthy. Who knows? He might be able to get some Democrat votes next time. For the good of the nation,if nothing else. Someone has to be the adult in the room. Stranger things have happened. If not this time I think there's a good chance Kevin will get the job back the next time around.
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 4:59:52 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-choose-scalise-as-their-candidate-for-speaker-after-mccarthys-ouster
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LOL, I want some of what you're smoking.
"After Steve Scalise clinched House Republicans’ nod for speaker on Wednesday, he did not deliver a victory speech. He didn’t hold a news conference for cable TV, and champagne was not delivered to his leadership suite.
Instead, within hours, some House Republicans openly doubted that Scalise could ever get elected on the floor. At least a dozen Republicans have publicly lined up against Scalise, who can only afford to lose four of
them — meaning that he is all but certain to lose on a first ballot.
The House GOP’s hoped-for moment of unity never materialized. Scalise secured just 50.7 percent of the conference’s support, an illustration — as if one were ever needed — of how divided House Republicans remain
after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster last week."
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/11/scalise-moment-of-unity-on-pause-house-gop-00121049
TB
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 9:35:41 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:but certain to lose on a first ballot.
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 4:59:52 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-choose-scalise-as-their-candidate-for-speaker-after-mccarthys-ouster
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LOL, I want some of what you're smoking.
"After Steve Scalise clinched House Republicans’ nod for speaker on Wednesday, he did not deliver a victory speech. He didn’t hold a news conference for cable TV, and champagne was not delivered to his leadership suite.
Instead, within hours, some House Republicans openly doubted that Scalise could ever get elected on the floor. At least a dozen Republicans have publicly lined up against Scalise, who can only afford to lose four of them — meaning that he is all
ouster last week."The House GOP’s hoped-for moment of unity never materialized. Scalise secured just 50.7 percent of the conference’s support, an illustration — as if one were ever needed — of how divided House Republicans remain after Kevin McCarthy’s
nothing else. Someone has to be the adult in the room. Stranger things have happened. If not this time I think there's a good chance Kevin will get the job back the next time around.https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/11/scalise-moment-of-unity-on-pause-house-gop-00121049
TBI am absolutely one of the worst at political predictions, if not *the* worst. I think the most likely person to be the next speaker is Kevin McCarthy. Who knows? He might be able to get some Democrat votes next time. For the good of the nation, if
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