With McCarthy out of the running, who will be the next Speaker?

[Orser67]

Roll Call's article After McCarthy’s Stunner, Republicans Who Could Be Speaker names Chaffetz, Hensarling, Roskam, Scalise, Price, Webster, and Sessions as possible candidates. Paul Ryan, Gowdy, Hal Rogers, Jim Jordan, and Mac Thornberry all said no. Republicans have also discussed the possibility of an interim speaker such as John Kline or Candice Miller.

Charlie Dent has also mentioned the possible need for a bipartisan coalition.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz imo

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Ryan is looking more and more likely.

[badgate]

Ryan is looking more and more likely.

How do you see that coming about when he's already declined to run post-McCarthy announcement?

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Ryan is looking more and more likely.

How do you see that coming about when he's already declined to run post-McCarthy announcement?

He's probably be taken out back and told "You will be speaker or we're going to beat the crap out of you".

[Blair]

Gingrich
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2573731

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Ryan is looking more and more likely.

How do you see that coming about when he's already declined to run post-McCarthy announcement?

...because he has cancelled all events and has signaled that he is reconsidering??

[Orser67]

Ryan is looking more and more likely.

How do you see that coming about when he's already declined to run post-McCarthy announcement?

I could definitely see a "Draft Ryan" movement succeed, especially in this climate. Though it seems like Ryan, as a sane person with higher ambitions, really, really doesn't want the job.

[Torie]

Ryan is looking more and more likely.

How do you see that coming about when he's already declined to run post-McCarthy announcement?

I could definitely see a "Draft Ryan" movement succeed, especially in this climate. Though it seems like Ryan, as a sane person with higher ambitions, really, really doesn't want the job.

Exactly, unless he gets the job entirely on his own terms. It is a horrible job.

[Torie]

Ryan is looking more and more likely.

How do you see that coming about when he's already declined to run post-McCarthy announcement?

I could definitely see a "Draft Ryan" movement succeed, especially in this climate. Though it seems like Ryan, as a sane person with higher ambitions, really, really doesn't want the job.

Exactly, unless he gets the job entirely on his own terms. It is a horrible job, at least given the state of the current Pub ranks in the House. Some of them don't understand what intelligent governance, and pluralism, is all about.

[cinyc]

Exactly, unless he gets the job entirely on his own terms. It is a horrible job, at least given the state of the current Pub ranks in the House. Some of them don't understand what intelligent governance, and pluralism, is all about.

I call those people the surrender-first Republican establishment, who haven't even tried to use their power to force Obama to veto things and put him on record on the wrong side of public opinion.

I honestly have no clue who will be the next speaker.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Donald Trump for Speaker!

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God I hope it's someone from the HFC

[Cryptic]

Give it to Jeb. Gives him a means to exit the race while saving face.

[socaldem]

Roll Call's article After McCarthy’s Stunner, Republicans Who Could Be Speaker names Chaffetz, Hensarling, Roskam, Scalise, Price, Webster, and Sessions as possible candidates. Paul Ryan, Gowdy, Hal Rogers, Jim Jordan, and Mac Thornberry all said no. Republicans have also discussed the possibility of an interim speaker such as John Kline or Candice Miller.

Charlie Dent has also mentioned the possible need for a bipartisan coalition.


I vote coalition speaker in support of Rep. Tom Cole with support from:

Rep. Tom Cole, Speaker
Rep. Charlie Dent
Rep. Peter King
Rep. Frank LoBiondo
... and who else?

[Kingpoleon]

Of those, I prefer
1. Cathy Rogers
2. Greg Walden
3. Paul Ryan
4. Charlie Dent
5. John Kline

[Torie]

Exactly, unless he gets the job entirely on his own terms. It is a horrible job, at least given the state of the current Pub ranks in the House. Some of them don't understand what intelligent governance, and pluralism, is all about.

I call those people the surrender-first Republican establishment, who haven't even tried to use their power to force Obama to veto things and put him on record on the wrong side of public opinion.

I honestly have no clue who will be the next speaker.

That strategy would make more sense if the filibuster was tanked. Absent that, the atmospherics just don't work for the Pubs. It seems more like a refusal to compromise and gridlock, or an abuse of the system in the case of the debt limit (the spending was authorized but now we won't pay the bills).

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Mitt Romney.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Webster.

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Paul Ryan let's be honest