How many rounds of voting will it take to elect Jim Jordan Speaker of the House?

[mspart]

He's paying for dinner for all of them chumps.   He'll get them with free food!!

mspart

[Plasmodium]

10 minutes ago, mspart said:

He's paying for dinner for all of them chumps.   He'll get them with free food!!

mspart

Food and liquor go a long way!

[Paul158]

7 hours ago, Plasmodium said:

Sounds like Jeffries will get more than anyone else this round.  Can't believe there aren't 7 Republicans with the cajones to do what is right and vote for Jeffries.

Oh come on. That would be Republicans without any brains.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

1 hour ago, Paul158 said:

Oh come on. That would be Republicans without any brains.

Too easy.

[WrestlingRasta]

What's the predictions for round two, how many each for Jordan and Jeffries.

[Wrestleknownothing]

32 minutes ago, WrestlingRasta said:

What's the predictions for round two, how many each for Jordan and Jeffries.

 

 

[VakAttack]

Strike 2 for ol' Jimmy J.

[Wrestleknownothing]

Looks like we are getting round 3 as there are already 5 GOP defections.

I blame the Democrats.

[Wrestleknownothing]

Up to 17 defections with vote still ongoing

Lee Zeldin is gaining momentum. Up to 3 votes.

Edited October 18, 2023 by Wrestleknownothing

[VakAttack]

A VOTE FOR JOHN BOEHNER!  Oh man, even if/when Jordan finally gets this done, he'll never live this one down, lol.

[WrestlingRasta]

Was hearing talk that his and his peeps chosen persuasive measures last night did him more harm than good. 

[Plasmodium]

He loses ground.  He doesn't look like the type of guy that will concede on his own.

[Wrestleknownothing]

On the plus side Jordan moved one of yesterdays no votes to yes, and one absent to yes.

On the minus side he appears on pace for more than 20 no votes.

[mspart]

It looks like JJ needs to give up.   He ain't going to get there it appears.

mspart

[headshuck]

I wonder how much a bribe/vote goes for these days?

[Ban Basketball]

31 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

 

I blame the Democrats.

I blame Hunter Biden, Benghazi,  and Obamacare.

[Ban Basketball]

Now using sttongarm, authoritarian tactics to get votes. 

Gotta love them freedom lovers,  eh, friends?

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/17/jim-jordan-pressure-campaign-house-speaker-votes

[Wrestleknownothing]

22 no votes, up from 20 in spite of gaining 2. 

Bit of a gut punch for Jordan.

Clearly, whatever tactics he employed overnight and into this morning were counter-productive. He has not appeared to be someone who can adjust his tactics in the past. He found something that worked for him and he stuck with it. I do not think he has the ability to zig when zagging does not work.

[headshuck]

It took McCarthy 15 rounds. Empty promises take time.

[WrestlingRasta]

MAGA is fun right now

MAGA elect McCarthy gets the speakership for the Republicans

MAGA midget Gaetz doesn't like McCarthy so he gets him thrown out

Republicans can't agree on a speaker, even with threats and attempts at bullying politics within the party, because control is starting to slip through MAGA's fingers

So............McCarthy blames democrats the house doesn't have a speaker.

 

This is beautiful.   Hopefully the real 'draining of the swamp' is starting to begin.

 

[Wrestleknownothing]

35 minutes ago, headshuck said:

It took McCarthy 15 rounds. Empty promises take time.

I wasn't sure if McCarthy ever went backward though, so I looked it up. And he did.

He started with 19 no votes, stayed there for three more rounds before it grew to 21 no votes. That lasted at least through round eight. By round twelve he was down to 7 no votes. Round fourteen got him one shy.

[VakAttack]

I still think Jordan eventually gets it, but lets hope it goes even more poorly than this!

[WrestlingRasta]

9 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

I still think Jordan eventually gets it, but lets hope it goes even more poorly than this!

I have heard a number of republicans say they have one concession they will absolutely not bend on.  He must admit that the election was not stolen, while also denouncing the efforts on Jan 6 to overturn.   That's a pretty big ask of him.

[ionel]

On 10/17/2023 at 4:44 PM, mspart said:

He's paying for dinner for all of them chumps.   He'll get them with free food!!

mspart

Took em to McDonald's.  

[ionel]

4 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

I wasn't sure if McCarthy ever went backward though, so I looked it up. And he did.

He started with 19 no votes, stayed there for three more rounds before it grew to 21 no votes. That lasted at least through round eight. By round twelve he was down to 7 no votes. Round fourteen got him one shy.

STALLING!!!