01-03-2023, 11:34 AM
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#8421
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01-03-2023, 11:46 AM
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#8422
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fonz
Oh the double irony...
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You were doing so well
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01-03-2023, 12:18 PM
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#8423
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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will be interesting to see which kind of absurd concessions McCarthy will have to make to get this over the line. I just can't see any other option, but boy, to say he will be a weak speaker is putting it very mildly.
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01-03-2023, 12:37 PM
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#8424
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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2nd round of voting going on and there's already 5 against McCarthy, which unless someone votes present or a Dem votes for McCarthy means there'll be another round.
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01-03-2023, 12:45 PM
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#8425
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
2nd round of voting going on and there's already 5 against McCarthy, which unless someone votes present or a Dem votes for McCarthy means there'll be another round.
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What happens in the 3rd round? Does Jordan have to drop out and it will just be McCarthy v Jeffries?
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01-03-2023, 12:47 PM
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#8426
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01-03-2023, 12:50 PM
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#8427
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Wait, I thought the Trump people were the ones who were really concerned about there being pedophiles and sex pests all over the place in Washington? And now we have one example nominating another one for GOP Speaker of the House?
The mere fact that Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert are so vehemently against McCarthy seems to indicate that he should win. He's certainly preferable to Jim ####ing Jordan.
I wonder what the betting odds are on Jeffries somehow getting it. Surely there's no way.
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01-03-2023, 12:51 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nfotiu
What happens in the 3rd round? Does Jordan have to drop out and it will just be McCarthy v Jeffries?
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Nope, the whole process happens again.. nominations, then everyone votes, there's no rules like a runoff.
It repeats until there is someone with a majority, could be days or weeks even.
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01-03-2023, 12:59 PM
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#8429
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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A Dem should nominate George Santos just for fun.
Or nominate Trump, make everyone vote against him!
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01-03-2023, 01:02 PM
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#8430
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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what's McCarthy's play here? Just call vote after vote after vote in hope they'll break down? Yeah, that'll work ...
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01-03-2023, 01:15 PM
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#8431
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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If 3 straight votes go the same way, it should be a stalemate.
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01-03-2023, 02:08 PM
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#8433
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Over under on total number of ballots before a speaker is elected: 5.5?
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01-03-2023, 02:11 PM
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#8434
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It's going to end when the GOP starts getting hungry... So... Dinner time... Maybe another 2 hours max
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01-03-2023, 02:13 PM
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Nope, the whole process happens again.. nominations, then everyone votes, there's no rules like a runoff.
It repeats until there is someone with a majority, could be days or weeks even.
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Reading some of the historical stuff has been fun. The last time a speaker wasn't voted in on the first try was 1923. That one took 9 ballots and 2 days to complete. The 1855 vote for speaker took 133 ballots!
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01-03-2023, 02:16 PM
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#8436
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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I hope they drag it out for 2 full years.
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01-03-2023, 02:18 PM
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#8437
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So the GOP has 222 seats I believe and need 218 votes. So, any vote where someone other than McCarthy gets 5 votes, it's going to need to go another round.
Round 3 right now Jordan has 4...lol.
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01-03-2023, 02:21 PM
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#8438
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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so glad the adults have taken over!
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01-03-2023, 02:24 PM
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#8439
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Lifetime In Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by activeStick
So the GOP has 222 seats I believe and need 218 votes. So, any vote where someone other than McCarthy gets 5 votes, it's going to need to go another round.
Round 3 right now Jordan has 4...lol.
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That number changes if someone votes present, abstains, or misses it. 218 isn’t a hard number but the most likely. They’ll end up trapping the Never Kevins in an elevator and hold a vote so he wins on a technicality
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01-03-2023, 02:27 PM
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#8440
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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9 so far for Jordan, 4th vote likely.
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