"It's clear that McCarthy should be the Republican speaker. Let's not let some rebel holdouts stop our staff from being paid. It's time to get things done!"
I mean, its bound to happen, but not until McCarthy cedes a chunk of the spoils to the right set of liberal defectors.
And part of the reason McCarthy is in the position he's in stems from his longstanding history of reneging on verbal agreements. The Tea Party folks don't trust him to deliver on any of his Speaker campaign-promises. The Dems don't trust him to paid their wallets for defection. The rank-and-file GOP only trust him in so far as their donors compel them to do as they're told. Dude has insufficient political capital to do the horse-trading necessary to seal the deal.
Say what you will about guys like John Boehner or Paul Ryan, but these corrupt fucks will straight up cut you a check on the floor of the House in exchange for your votes. They can build coalitions because they pay their fucking bills. McCarthy is just an endless bag of hot air. His promises are worthless. All his checks bounce. There is no benefit to doing business with him unless a third party is covering his tab.
So I think he's going to continue failing these votes until the GOP finds someone that either the Tea Party brigade or some break-away Dems can actually make a deal with. Maybe that means McCarthy going third-party and having a Mercer or a Thiel massage someone's balls in the coat room. Maybe that means bringing in Liz Cheney as a neutral non-partisan third party speaker. But as it stands, McCarthy ain't got shit.
"It's clear that McCarthy should be the Republican speaker. Let's not let some rebel holdouts stop our staff from being paid. It's time to get things done!"
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Uhmmm, you're going to do good things, right?
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I mean, its bound to happen, but not until McCarthy cedes a chunk of the spoils to the right set of liberal defectors.
And part of the reason McCarthy is in the position he's in stems from his longstanding history of reneging on verbal agreements. The Tea Party folks don't trust him to deliver on any of his Speaker campaign-promises. The Dems don't trust him to paid their wallets for defection. The rank-and-file GOP only trust him in so far as their donors compel them to do as they're told. Dude has insufficient political capital to do the horse-trading necessary to seal the deal.
Say what you will about guys like John Boehner or Paul Ryan, but these corrupt fucks will straight up cut you a check on the floor of the House in exchange for your votes. They can build coalitions because they pay their fucking bills. McCarthy is just an endless bag of hot air. His promises are worthless. All his checks bounce. There is no benefit to doing business with him unless a third party is covering his tab.
So I think he's going to continue failing these votes until the GOP finds someone that either the Tea Party brigade or some break-away Dems can actually make a deal with. Maybe that means McCarthy going third-party and having a Mercer or a Thiel massage someone's balls in the coat room. Maybe that means bringing in Liz Cheney as a neutral non-partisan third party speaker. But as it stands, McCarthy ain't got shit.