Breaking: GOP congressman tells me @GOPLeader is postponing speaker election…and took himself out of the race.
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) October 8, 2015
Not necessarily disarray, perhaps just the new purging the machine. Not a bad thing if that's the case. https://t.co/OSMkqyxXoo
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) October 8, 2015
CC: Everyone. https://t.co/uGlRtMC8Tu
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 8, 2015
Well, they had better agree on the "new face" or we're going to get the old weepy one for the indefinite future. https://t.co/6KJLINtxwF
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) October 8, 2015
To recap:
- Cantor loses primary race in '14
- Boehner steps down as speaker
- McCarthy takes himself out of running to replace Boehner
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) October 8, 2015
Excellent news! Jason Chaffetz would be the best choice for the job imho. Kudos to McCarthy for stepping down and giving us hope for a strong house speaker who will challenge the machine.
I’m doing the banana dance.
Here is the McCarthy gaffe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=8&v=kMs5JXX9SUs
Could it be the GOP is listening? Oops, just another married Congressman who lost his pants, and his values. Good riddance!
Hillary’s emails included many exchanges with her off-the-books adviser Sidney Blumenthal, who seems to have been the architect of the Libya intervention, this in spite of having been banned from a State Dept. position by Obama. From a report on The Hill, here’s what Blumenthal told Hillary about Boehner: “Hillary confidant rips ‘alcoholic’ and ‘lazy’ Boehner in email”.
There are some great conservative women who could throw their hats into the ring for Speaker, but then maybe they are smart enuf to see it is a thankless post. Would be nice to have someone who doesn’t drool for power, someone who truly thinks this land it the best, the greatest and the most important one in the world. A statesman would be nice. Are their any in the House or are they just a bunch of politicians.
I also wonder if, unless they’re approved of by the Boehner gang, does everyone else know that perhaps they’d be sabotaged from the beginning in addition to the work just being normally difficult? This is the ultimate failure of Boehner’s and the “moderates” so-called leadership, this fractious absurdity because a few boys want all the power.
Bring back Newt. He’s not humble but he can get things done.
I wholeheartedly agree, he would get things done. 🙂
I’d love to see Newt step in. He’s got issues, but he’s got the kind of intelligence and determination and cunning to get things done, and enough wisdom to know what works. And by the way, as has been noted, the Speaker does not have to be a member of Congress, although as a practical matter he always is.
Actually having Newt get the gig seems unlikely. But I’d like to know who Newt is backing. I’d feel better thinking Newt was part of this process, and was on good terms with whoever gets it.
Can’t remember where I heard it, but I think Newt said McCarthy would be a good Speaker. :/
Here it is…
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/04/exclusive-former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-kevin-mccarthy-far-and-away-the-best-man-to-be-speaker-post-boehner/
So … now it’s Ryan?
You eat a pizza one slice at a time. We must continue to purge the establishment. McRino McConnel, and Ms. Lindsey must go as well.
They’re here already! You’re next!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRVfGMjdGh8
Newt’s an egotistical a$$, impulsive, erratic, quick to take offense, given to hissy fits, and fond of revenge. Can’t imagine we need any more of that in the House. He didn’t have a third term as Speaker because the rank and file Republicans had all had it with him. He left before he could be voted out. I don’t think we need to see a replay of that, personally.
But how do you really feel MaryVal? 😉
Well, the GOP can always turn to Nancy Pelosi who would love the job and you would always know exactly where she stood on any issue
Allen West would be fabulous for Speaker of the House. Now he is trustworthy. Guess that is too much to ask for.
A conservative black ex military man, NEVER. The Libs would have the screaming meemees and run around in circles.
Here’s where we’re tracking this situation. Factoid: The Speaker of the House is third in succession to the Presidency.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/09/live-blog-latest-from-the-house-speakers-race/
posted 10/9 645pm Texas[Cruz Country]Time
The whole of Republican leadership has vacated the ideals of the origins of their party as have the Democrats. We are now a nation that has no vision of where to go or how to proceed. America is adrift on a sea of chaos. No leader is going to direct us out of this fog of indecision and gutless timidity. The people of this country have shrugged off their spiritual strength, they have given up the truth for a lie.
Latest (10/9) Hannity interview of Newt re: Speaker. 12 minutes.
Newt’s foremost message to Republicans is: Pause and take a breath. Yes, everyone’s screaming as if the matter is urgent and requires an immediate solution, but that’s silly. There are no objective reasons to rush. There are real issues to hammer out, and perhaps rule changes to be made, and everyone should be heard.
And relative to the existing Republican ‘leadership’, there is this from the Washington Post’s email daily, The Daily 202:
“— TPP might not get an up-or-down vote until after next November’s election. Boehner chief of staff Mike Sommers said at a Ripon Society meeting that Congress is unlikely to move on the trade deal until a lame-duck session, Politico reports. Hazen Marshall, policy director for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, also at the session, reportedly agreed that a TPP vote is more likely to happen in a lame-duck session. That’s 13 months from now.”
Senior staff for Boehner & McConnell say that TPP trade deal vote is being planned for 2016 lame duck session! Presidential candidates could make some headway if they included as part of campaign that no significant votes should take place during lame duck sessions and they will work to ensure that.
Wikip: “The Ripon Society is an American centrist Republican public policy organization based in Washington, D.C….Founded in 1962 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Society’s name comes from the 1854 birthplace of the Republican Party—Ripon, Wisconsin….”
Having gone to college in Medford/Somerville Mass., I can assure you that next door neighbor, Cambridge Mass. is a hotbed of conservatism. NOT!