House Speaker Ongoing Melodrama

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(10-25-2023, 01:29 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I am actually more concerned about Johnson because he knows more about what he is doing than Jordan does. But, he is more of an ideologue than Jordan, just not as annoying about it.

If you are an actual conservative Republican, the ones the MAGA crowd calls RINOS, then Johnson is just a continuation down a dangerous path for the party. The silence from them on this can mean one of four things. One, they will vote for someone else, like Emmer, and just continue the battle without much of a fuss. Two, they reveal they have been coordinating with Democrats and join the vote for Jeffries. A highly unlikely but still possible scenario. Three, they have decided to vote "present" and are just tired of the fight but cannot bring themselves to vote for this person. Or four, they have been whipped into submission out of fear of being primaried.

I have no clue which one it will be.

It looks like a safe bet Johnson gets the gavel on vote 1.  The MAGA fringe is going to show people (who care to pay attention) just how little separates them from the moderates and "RINOs" here.  The GOP seemed willing to cave to the MAGA types as long as they didn't ask for too much by insisting someone as well known and openly vile as Jordan was their speaker.

I expect Matt Gaetz to be strutting around and patting himself on the back for this...how much that sort of thing helps the GOP in 2024 has yet to be seen.