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

[Plasmodium]

Just now, Wrestleknownothing said:

Yes, that is what I was saying. I think he is working on the optics of the collapse now.

Does he control that?

[uncle bernard]

I cannot in good faith support a speaker from a family that doesn't encourage offseason freestyle wrestling for its athletes.

[Wrestleknownothing]

5 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

Does he control that?

No idea if he succeeds, but I do think he is trying. 

After all he is a legislator who refuses to legislate. That makes him just a politician. Politicians are all about controlling the narrative.

[mspart]

Jordan is now backing McHenry as permanent temporary speaker. 

mspart

[Plasmodium]

Absurd.

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 hour ago, mspart said:

Jordan is now backing McHenry as permanent temporary speaker. 

mspart

I am not seeing that. What I have read is that when Jordan proposed temporarily expanding until some date (opinions differ), the role of the Speaker pro tempore's powers, to allow for re-opening the House and introducing legislation that he did not have the support for that either from fellow Republicans. As a result he will call his opponents to discuss how to move forward (such a non-statement).

It sounds like they would need Democratic support for any proposal as there is nowhere near enough Republican support. And the idea of crossing the aisle is the third rail of the Freedom Caucus.

[Wrestleknownothing]

Jordan now says three's a charm.

"He will seek a third floor vote ... after Trump loyalists abandoned efforts to buy more time for his struggling campaign." Per Bloomberg.

[mspart]

I haven't heard that!   Very interesting. 

mspart

[WrestlingRasta]

Rep Ken Buck said the number of no votes on the next rd for Jordan could be in the 30-40 range. 

[mspart]

Well, the numbers are getting bigger.   That probably a good thing for a fair amount of posters on this board.  I honestly don't care if it is Jordan or anyone else on the R side.   Just saying.

mspart

[Offthemat]

Funny.  Berquam just said the dims circle the wagons; the republicans circle the firing squads. 

[mspart]

Ready shoot aim!!

mspart

[Husker_Du]

8 hours ago, mspart said:

Jordan is now backing McHenry as permanent temporary speaker. 

mspart

who is mchenry? 

and what the hell is a permanent temporary?

[Wrestleknownothing]

38 minutes ago, Husker_Du said:

who is mchenry? 

and what the hell is a permanent temporary?

McHenry is Speaker pro tempore

And Jordan ran into a lot of friction for this proposal and backed off of it. He is going to ask for a third vote instead.

[VakAttack]

20 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

 

And Jordan ran into a lot of friction for this proposal and backed off of it. He is going to ask for a third vote instead.

Can't be seen to look "weak".  Which with the controlling part of the modern Republican party means "compromise anything at all."

[Paul158]

20 hours ago, uncle bernard said:

I cannot in good faith support a speaker from a family that doesn't encourage offseason freestyle wrestling for its athletes.

Yes. Thats a real deal breaker for me.

[ionel]

18 hours ago, mspart said:

Ready shoot aim!!

mspart

Thats what @Interviewed_at_Weehawken was thinking.  

[WrestlingRasta]

Here we go, any guesses on Jordan's total this time, does he drop even further or get back above the Mendoza line???

[Plasmodium]

14 minutes ago, WrestlingRasta said:

Here we go, any guesses on Jordan's total this time, does he drop even further or get back above the Mendoza line???

Hope he makes it.  I'm taking a shot for every Republican vote that doesn't go his way and I need to work today.

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 minute ago, Plasmodium said:

Hope he makes it.  I'm taking a shot for every Republican vote that doesn't go his way and I need to work today.

While you still have time and your wits about you, google "detox centers near me"

[Bigbrog]

Sure hope you @Plasmodium post at the end of the day...love drunk posts!  Although your posts may be black out gibberish

[BobDole]

6 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

Hope he makes it.  I'm taking a shot for every Republican vote that doesn't go his way and I need to work today.

[Offthemat]

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. 

[WrestlingRasta]

2 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. 

It's friday.....you can't drink all day if you wait till 5

[Wrestleknownothing]

Looks like 433 present (though still finishing up call to quorum aka roll call). So 217 is the number today. With 221 Republicans present cannot lose more than 4 of them. Unless he can reach across the aisle to convert some De....

Edited October 20, 2023 by Wrestleknownothing