Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will lose even more votes when a third vote is held on whether to make him the next speaker of the House. Jordan whiffed in his second attempt on Wednesday when he received one vote fewer than on the first ballot on Tuesday. He was more
My bet is still nine votes before we get a new speaker. At the end of the day, they’re all just haggling about price. McCarthy knew that, so he agreed to whatever price in order to win. Now they all know that part of the price is also betrayal. With a party that’s been purging everyone who isn’t loyal, they don’t know how to handle that.
I think it will keep going until the more moderate ones reach across the aisle to the democrats. They’ll have to completely cut off any power the extreme right has.
My bet is still nine votes before we get a new speaker. At the end of the day, they’re all just haggling about price. McCarthy knew that, so he agreed to whatever price in order to win. Now they all know that part of the price is also betrayal. With a party that’s been purging everyone who isn’t loyal, they don’t know how to handle that.
I think it will keep going until the more moderate ones reach across the aisle to the democrats. They’ll have to completely cut off any power the extreme right has.
Third time’s the charm! Or some multiple of three. I want to see if we can get to 21 failed votes and have the winner declared via the Blackjack Rule.