Who will be the next speaker of the house?

[Miles]

Cantor resigning altogether !?

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Edit: Nevermind. Just his leadership position. Ambiguous tweet.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Jim Jordan is also supporting Hensarling for Majority Leader, I wonder who the Labradour/Heulskamp/Jordan crowd will push for Whip.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Hi, I totally haven't paid attention to Congress lately, can someone quickly update me on why y'all are talking of Boehner being replaced? I don't remember anything about him being primaried or stepping down.


Or are we talking about Majority Leader...?

[Likely Voter]

Hi, I totally haven't paid attention to Congress lately, can someone quickly update me on why y'all are talking of Boehner being replaced? I don't remember anything about him being primaried or stepping down.


Or are we talking about Majority Leader...?

well conventional wisdom was that Boehner wouldn't run for speaker in 2015 and Cantor would end up as Speaker. Now that has changed. However with a leadership shakeup in 2014, maybe Boehner will stay on until 2017

[Miles]

There were rumors the TX delegation would try to clear the way for Hensarling, but...

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[Chancellor Tanterterg]

McMorris Rogers is officially out of the running for both Majority Leader and Whip.

[Never]

McMorris Rogers is officially out of the running for both Majority Leader and Whip.

Oh well, maybe next time.

[LeBron]

Jim Jordan is also supporting Hensarling for Majority Leader, I wonder who the Labradour/Heulskamp/Jordan crowd will push for Whip.

I would imagine Scalise. He's the lunatic among him and Roskam and Scalise has a huge advantage here given about 75% of House Republicans are in Scalise's caucus. I've heard Labrador hates that Scalise is too open-minded, but still well-liked enough among everyone else.

More and more intra-party fighting here is going to be awesome though plus I'm glad Sessions opted out of House Majority Whip so him and Scalise don't split the right-wing crazy vote within the House GOP. Establishment will of course back McCarthy for the basis of order of succession and Cantor might even get some votes to. Then the Tea Party has Sessions (though I would have loved Gohmert, Blackburn, Huelskamp or Labrador, but wishful thinking), and considering Sessions strong record as NRCC Leader wherein he brought the GOP 63 seats and the majority and his close friendship with the moderate Greg Walden and a few other GOP leaders, I'd say he has a pretty good chance.

Whatever happens here will be a reflection of what we could possibly see in January. If Sessions gets enough support or even beats McCarthy, Boehner will be in trouble, no doubt. Hopefully, the Tea Party wing makes this one count.

[badgate]

Obviously it will be Kenny Marchant.

[Miles]

Hensarling isn't running for Majority Leader.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Hensarling isn't running for Majority Leader.

I wonder what he is getting in return.  I imagine McCarthy beats Sessions rather easily, no?

[windjammer]

Hensarling isn't running for Majority Leader.

I wonder what he is getting in return.  I imagine McCarthy beats Sessions rather easily, no?

I think too. But who knows, we may have surprise .

[Miles]

Labrador is actually running for Majority Leader.

[Napoleon]

Guys, Republicans don't have interesting leadership elections.

[IceSpear]

I wonder how those 3 right wingers who voted for Cantor as the "conservative alternative" to Boehner (Bridenstine, Pearce, and Yoho) are feeling right now?

[muon2]

I wonder how those 3 right wingers who voted for Cantor as the "conservative alternative" to Boehner (Bridenstine, Pearce, and Yoho) are feeling right now?

Cantor is a Conservative, he's certainly not moderate in his political positions. However, he has shown a willingness to negotiate and that proved costly with base voters no see negotiation as weakness.

When a business leader negotiates with the unions or a rival firm that isn't a sign of weakness unless the leader comes away with nothing. It's expected that both sides will have to give to get a deal. Yet, voters today in the bases of both parties see any deal that results in less than the best outcome a cave in to the other side. It's like they expect a sporting match where each contest has a clear winner and loser, instead of a contract negotiation where both sides have to give and take.