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darthebearnc
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« on: October 04, 2015, 08:24:01 AM »
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« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2015, 10:36:25 AM »
Raises his profile for a Senate campaign in 2018, so I don't see why he wouldn't.
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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2015, 10:58:30 AM »
Conservatives are hopping mad that McCarthy blew the lid off their plan to destroy Hillary, I could see him making it very close or even winning. He's a better candidate for the Freedom Caucus than Webster, that's for sure.
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« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2015, 11:01:06 AM »
Hope he goes down in flames after his betrayal of Meadows.
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2015, 11:09:34 AM »
I would say so. He was considered a rising star earlier this decade, but has faded a bit. This will raise his profile once again and set him up for a Senate run in 2018.
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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2015, 11:12:14 AM »
Interesting development.
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« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2015, 01:44:44 PM »
The House Leadership election megathread had the scoop on this two days ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=220039.0
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« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2015, 01:46:33 PM »
Quote from: Bacon 😎 on October 04, 2015, 01:44:44 PM
The House Leadership election megathread had the scoop on this two days ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=220039.0

How did you know?
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« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2015, 01:47:54 PM »

Oh, I guess it was leaked before he officially announced it.
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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2015, 04:29:06 PM »
Quote from: Khristie Kreme Donuts on October 04, 2015, 10:58:30 AM
Conservatives are hopping mad that McCarthy blew the lid off their plan to destroy Hillary, I could see him making it very close or even winning. He's a better candidate for the Freedom Caucus than Webster, that's for sure.

Find myself agreeing with this.
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2015, 08:31:19 PM »
There are worse choices to be sure.

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« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2015, 04:03:52 PM »
Freedom caucus apparently is endorsing Webster.


http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/house-freedom-caucus-endorses-rep-webster-for-speaker-214527

It's like they want to be irrelevant.
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« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2015, 05:07:24 PM »

Webster has this little problem that is district is going to disappear (unwinable by a Pub), in every map being considered by the Court. So he will need to carpetbag into a new CD and hope some Pub retires.
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« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2015, 06:20:00 PM »

It's actually not a bad strategy - if they back McCarthy it will be seen as a betrayal, and may result in conservative challenges. Backing Chaffetz is a no go - he's the one who removed Mark Meadows from the committee, completely untrustworthy. Webster is the perfect person for them - the most conservative choice, and one with no chance of winning.
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