re: House Speaker race is intensifying with Scalise about to throw his hat into the ring

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Watch the money.

The speaker will be whoever has the most money coming for the congressional PAC.

If the big money signals they prefer Scalise he will be the speaker.

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Most of these congressmen spend all day in shitty offices located in shitty building working the phones for the next election... not doing the people's business.

But that's what allows the party's leadership, both parties, to dominate their members unless they are one of Pelosi's "glass of water". If you don't work the phones, you won't get money from the PAC next time around. But that money you are soliciting is the very leverage they have you by the balls with. So that's basically all they do.