@Maude @Bliss My mistake - I thought Speaker required a pluirality. Thanks for the correction!

@BrazenlyLiberal
No problem. 🙂
Again, going to enjoy this circus and watch the clowns do their thing.

Now... if 4 or 5 Republicans meet with the Dem caucus & they can agree on a speaker... it shuts down McCarthy and the GQP crazies. Doesn't even have to be a member of Congress.
Wouldn't that be a hoot? 🤣
@Bliss

@Maude @Bliss LOL! That would be great. Unfortunately, it seems those most likely to balk at McCarthy are over on the far right: Biggs, Gaetz, Norman, Good, Rosendale.

@BrazenlyLiberal
We could fantasize! Hope cameras are rolling if this has been done on the down-low & is thrown at the floor in a complete surprise! 🤣
@Bliss

@Maude @BrazenlyLiberal
McCarthy got elected GOP leader with a vote of 188-31.

No progressive is going to go along with a GOP deal for someone from the outside. that would only unite gop and leave dems weaker than they already are.

GOP will elect McCarthy but they are going to have a hard time passing legislation.

@Bliss
As minority leader, yep, only a majority vote needed.
But for Speaker of the House, it's going to take 218.
@BrazenlyLiberal

Actually @Maude
it's a simple majority vote of all those present not 218. If McCarthy isn't elected I believe it will be the 6th time since 1900 that a minority party would lead the house.

But believe me. Just because you don't hear the squabbles on the Dem side doesn't mean they don't exist, they do. so C-Span will be very busy on Jan 3rd.

@BrazenlyLiberal

@Bliss
Let's see what happens. 😉
@BrazenlyLiberal

@Maude @Bliss This is going to be fun.

@Maude @Bliss I'm hoping McCarthy gets it, tbh. He's dumb as a box of rocks, sharp as a sack of wet mice. He'll never be able to wrangle a caucus the way Nancy could. I want to see him fail at his life's ambition. I want to see him cry on TV.