House Leadership Megathread: it's House of Cards but without the monologues

[Bacon King]

Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH), when asked about Boehner possibly remaining Speaker through January 2017:

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lmao they're literally talking about holding him hostage

poor Boehner

[King]

TRUMP 2015

[Bacon King]

Congressmen supporting the idea of a "caretaker" Speaker are reportedly naming Hal Rogers and John Kline as possibilities for the role

[Blue3]

Congressmen supporting the idea of a "caretaker" Speaker are reportedly naming Hal Rogers and John Kline as possibilities for the role

Like Boehner was?

I don't see that working, unless the conservatives have finally come to their senses.

[Ebsy]

I think many in the House Republican Caucus are more fragile than we thought. The civil war has been taking it's toll.

[user12345]

The ad's in 2016 about this are gonna be great. Really showing the strength of Republican "leadership."

[King]

The ad's in 2016 about this are gonna be great. Really showing the strength of Republican "leadership."

The DNC won't know how to capitalize on this.

[Ebsy]

The ad's in 2016 about this are gonna be great. Really showing the strength of Republican "leadership."

The DNC won't know how to capitalize on this.

How would you capitalize on it?

[Bacon King]

On FOX right now, Shepard Smith just made a direct connection between McCarthy dropping out of the race and Walter Jones' letter that demanded anyone with "skeletons in their closet" to drop out of the leadership race - he's going to speak with Jones after the current commercial break

(does anyone even care about my cable news updates lol)

[Ebsy]

On FOX right now, Shepard Smith just made a direct connection between McCarthy dropping out of the race and Walter Jones' letter that demanded anyone with "skeletons in their closet" to drop out of the leadership race - he's going to speak with Jones after the current commercial break

(does anyone even care about my cable news updates lol)

I care. You can watch it so I don't have to.

[Crumpets]

On FOX right now, Shepard Smith just made a direct connection between McCarthy dropping out of the race and Walter Jones' letter that demanded anyone with "skeletons in their closet" to drop out of the leadership race - he's going to speak with Jones after the current commercial break

(does anyone even care about my cable news updates lol)

I care. You can watch it so I don't have to.

[Bacon King]

At the bottom of Walter Jones' letter he wrote in his own handwriting that "I believe this question is important to the integrity of the House" but he's telling Shep that it was only about hypothetical concerns and he totally didn't know about any actual scandals among any of the leadership candidates. Shepard Smith is ripping him to shreds for not spilling the beans

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Ebsy, I am at my internship at the RPOF and am too busy to go take peaks at the TV in the other room (but not enough to apparently post ) and my apartment does not have Fox News or MSNBC. If I want political news, I am forced to watch C-SPAN 2 or CNN (I don't even get regular CSPAN for the love of God). Your news updates are really a service to me.

Please let me know how the Walter Jones thing goes.

[Bacon King]

wow Walter Jones is a moron (and the accent doesn't do him any favors)

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

wow Walter Jones is a moron (and the accent doesn't do him any favors)

He reminds me of Virgil Goode. A lot like Goode, actually.

[Bacon King]

Freedom Caucus talking point (from Mick Mulvaney): "I'm not sure why we postponed the election just because McCarthy dropped out. At the very least we should have had a vote on whether to postpone it"

(also, Mulvaney is apparently one of those fast-talking red-faced types that make me wonder if they do cocaine)

[Stockdale for Veep]

And partisan gerrymandering is still legal how?

[Vega]

Dana Rorabacher proposing a "caretaker speaker" just to have a warm body filling the office until the next election

That's just sad.

[Bacon King]

AND THE TABLES HAVE TURNED

Boehner has announced that he is prepared to stay on for the remainder of the current Congressional term. In light of this news, a sizable contingent of establishment Republicans have stated that they will not support any new candidate for Speaker (and until someone else has 218 votes, Boehner will remain Speaker).

This means he is free to abandon the Hastert Rule, marginalize the Freedom Caucus, and honestly do pretty much whatever he wants for the next thirteen months

[King]

Boehner un-resigning is a PR nightmare. They need to elect somebody else.

[SteveRogers]

Dana Rorabacher proposing a "caretaker speaker" just to have a warm body filling the office until the next election

That's just sad.

It's not like this House has any interest in passing laws anyway.

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is WAY more entertaining than House of Cards.

[King]

This is WAY more entertaining than House of Cards.

House of Tards.

[Bacon King]

The hype surrounding Paul Ryan continues to build. It's leaked that Boehner personally asked him to reconsider, he's McCarthy's top choice, and he was mentioned as an acceptable candidate for Speaker by literally every Republican Member of Congress I saw interviewed today (at least twenty of them)

[Bacon King]

The hype surrounding Paul Ryan continues to build. It's leaked that Boehner personally asked him to reconsider, he's McCarthy's top choice, and he was mentioned as an acceptable candidate for Speaker by literally every Republican Member of Congress I saw interviewed today (at least twenty of them)

BREAKING: Paul Ryan has cancelled all fundraisers for the next 48 hours