House Speaker Ongoing Melodrama

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(10-04-2023, 11:50 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Of course they did, that's politics.  Offer a compromise they know he won't accept so when he's ousted they can pretend they tried to offer him a bipartisan solution.  Most viewers will eat that kind of pablum up.  Offering to keep him Speaker while neutering his ability to actually be Speaker is not a compromise, it's theatre.

I think from day one, or vote #13 or so it was clear that McCarthy would need SOME support from the left to keep his seat.  Maybe he made an honest effort to earn it, maybe not.

I think the biggest political actor here is Gaetz who is priming himself for an "I took on all the RINOs" governor run.