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Over/under before somebody makes a motion to remove him as Speaker?

Nah, they will unite and come together to address the main issue Americans care about, what was really on Hunter Biden’s laptop?

I was surprised Gaetz and Boebert flipped before the other four. Thought they’d hold out forever. They’re obviously the most clownish attention-seeking reps. The country is worse off now that the Democrats were unable to make a deal. Sticking with Jeffries was dumb. The August debt ceiling can...

My guess is Crane and Rosendale come around. Possibly Biggs. It sounds like Good is also a hard no.

I guess McCarthy needs 2 more votes. I guess we can count Gaetz and Boebert as two absolute no’s. So he needs to see what the other 4 want and try to flip 2 of them.

Beating an incumbent is always tough. They always start with more name recognition. They also usually have a fund raising advantage. It would be hard to beat Pelosi, because she’s popular in San Francisco. She hasn’t had a serious primary challenger in decades. There’s zero chance a modern...

Pelosi will only be able to raise $50-$100 per person just like everybody else. That's the point. Do you realize the amount of money she gets from big donors? It far outsizes the little guy. They don't donate to the little guy to begin with unless they feel they can be corrupted. Under my...

Who is the person that just posted above this comment? They have me on ignored and I can't read their posts.

No self-financing beyond maybe a certain amount, say $5000 to get started. That's the current limit before you have to disclose. The point is to get all big money out of politics. You can only raise money from your district since your job is to represent your constituents.

Voting isn't mandatory, but encouraged. Fundraising begins before the election so you can donate to a registered candidate and not show up to vote.

They can still get the money. Just have to do it the old-fashioned way. Door-knocking and all that.

My campaign finance reform proposal: -Every registered voter gets $50-$100 to use per cycle (use it or lose it) -They can only use that money for campaigns within their jurisdiction (You can't donate to a candidate running in District 2 if you're in District 1) -No other outside money allowed...

If I were in Congress I would have come to the floor to nominate him by now. The whole thing has been a complete joke. Might as well treat it as such.

Wow, they're really running out of shit to talk about. Now they're saying Hakeem Jeffries should be Speaker, because he walked to school.

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7326/Who-will-be-Speaker-of-the-House-of-Representatives-in-the-next-Congress Scalise is the favorite in some betting markets already.

Going to bet we won't have a Speaker. Any takers?

Can the Democrats elect anybody who Trump can also get behind? It can't be one of the two to impeach him or anybody who's been mildly critical of him. It basically has to be somebody who mostly keeps their mouth shut and probably isn't that well known.

If you look at the comments made by McCarthy himself, he does feel entitled to this job. It's mostly about how much money he's raised in our corrupt political system.

So...McCarthy made absolutely zero progress. Hasn't flipped a single vote. Might be time to move on...

Forgoing investments into our economy, because of debt would severely limit our long-term growth. Some debt does pay for itself by helping further private sector economic growth. How much debt can we take on is a reasonable question. It becomes a problem when we don't think we can grow the...