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Washington Post [my emphasis] reports a set of possibilities for Speaker of the House last night.
(1) If you knew of a position that had ignominiously dumped the previous three incumbents and in the past 10 months created three disasters worse than anything in the past hundred years while selecting someone, would YOU rush to say “pick me”??
(2) What do the last 3 failures, the 2 recent failed attempts, and all the named prospects all have in common? ANSWER They are not named Kay. Or Virginia. Or Cathy. Those House Committee chairs with greater seniority than McCarthy, Scalise, or Jordan apparently don’t want (or don’t merit) consideration.
I'd say, those women are smart not to put their hands up for the job in this Congress. It's become an ungovernable mob. Let the next election weed out some of the bomb-throwers like Two-gun Tootsie, Gaetz, and Empty G. If the GOP is still in the majority, they can try again to put one of the saner women in the Speaker's chair.🤞
Do they even have rules for how they are going to select a candidate?
Chaos and Frustration Rule as Republicans’ Bitter Speaker Fight Deepens – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
With the large number of relatively unknown candidates in the mix, I can see many of them getting in the neighborhood of 25 votes and no clear front runner. Are they going to drop the lowest vote getter and move on to a second, then third, then fourth ballot? (We know the nut jobs do not like ranked choice voting.)
Of the declared candidates, Emmer looks like the best which means he won't win. He has experience in leadership. But he has some heavy baggage to carry in the modern GOP. Steve Bannon has denounced him and is supporting a primary opponent for Emmer. Emmer thinks Biden won the 2020 election. He has never made an appeal to David Duke fans. And my personal favorite: Emmer supported marriage equality.
Like I said, he's unlikely to win.
Emmer has an A+ rating from the rabidly anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony group. Emmer opposed the Right to Contraception Act too.
Be that as it may, he still isn't homophobic enough for the modern GOP.
Being "right" on 90% of cultural war issues isn't good enough. They will demand someone who is 100%.
Besides, he has this working against him.
Trump tells allies he doesn’t support Tom Emmer’s speaker bid (msn.com)
This will leave a mark!
Hopefully, the "silent majority" of GOP and unaffiliated voters will listen.
Then, there is this, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/20/opinion/trump-voters-gop-focus-group.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4kw.8sN2.qR5ky9Za2ptl&smid=url-share
which makes you feel hopeless.
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Thanks.
I love the ones who said they felt safer under "the former president" who was crass and vulgar.
And then there is the perennial conspiracy theorists who thinks the Russian invasion of Ukraine is simply a cover for something going on behind the scenes. (As if what is visible in front of you isn't disturbing enough, you need to imagine stuff that's worse.)
11 Republicans and a majority don't think Trump can win. I don't feel hopeless.
Yeah, Republicans are deranged deplorable people who are fed a diet of hateful rhetoric. Don't be discouraged that they believe wacked out things. Though if you read their responses they are closer to Democrats issues than they let on.
I also want to say recently there was a gay bar that closed. They blamed it on homeless and everyone agreed except my friends. It's a convenient scapegoat. Same with crime people always jump on it being so bad until you press them how many Amazon packages they have had stolen. People are in a funk spiral because they think that's acceptable.
The problem with secret ballots. H/T Josh Marshall
"If it’s a secret ballot it’s hard to threaten to kill their families."
October FEC report for the Colorado Republicans is online.
Summary page shows a surprising burst of donations:
11. Contributions (other than loans) From:
Who are those "Other Political Comitttees" ????
DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT 2024, INC
State Party Ballot Promotion 09/19/2023 $40,000.00
DOUG BURGUM FOR AMERICA, INC.
State Party Ballot Promotion 09/27/2023 $20,000.00
As best I can tell, the "Ballot Promotion" efforts are part of the Republican National Committee's shift to encourage mail ballots. Other states are doing it —
Beyond that, the state party raised $26272.20 and spent $18997.51.
A month can be profitable if one doesn't have to pay rent for office space. Anyone know if Davey Williams and his jolly crew still have an office?
Maybe Ken Buck’s landlord will offer them his office suite gratis once Buck is evicted.
Anything for the cause.
They are still paying rent.
Don't know who uses the office … there isn't anyone on payroll, as far as I can see.
They’re touting mail ballots now because that’s how Dems have been kicking their butts; and railing against them is getting them nowhere. “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em”
I had to look up the “Doug Burgum for America“ committee. Doug Burgum is the North Dakota governor, and sometime candidate for president. He’s a cultural and financially conservative siftwre billionaire.
One pont in his favor: He’s anti-Putin.
Why a successful Republican would subsidizethe Colorado GOP under Insane Clown Chairman Williams is beyond me.
Breaking News! Area Man Repays Brother's Loan. H/T Emptywheel.net
The right-wingo-sphere froths about Biden's brother repaying a loan six weeks later.
So after successfully overturning Roe v. Wade, the GOP has found themselves with the same dilemma as the dog that catches the firetruck.
GOP trades its moral high ground on abortion for votes