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Gaetz Long-Run Options
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:08 am
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:08 am
1. Steve Scalise takes the gavel. (Or some other consensus candidate)
IMO, Steve should’ve been the Speaker from the beginning. He is a staunch conservative in relation to McCarthy, but he’s been extremely effective in Washington.
He can get the support from moderates, and make the majority more effective in governance.
OR
2. Democrats bail out McCarthy.
If this happens MC likely becomes weaker as a speaker, and makes some backroom deals with Dems. They’ll likely try to oust Gaetz or change the rules to more than one to oust.
IMO, Steve should’ve been the Speaker from the beginning. He is a staunch conservative in relation to McCarthy, but he’s been extremely effective in Washington.
He can get the support from moderates, and make the majority more effective in governance.
OR
2. Democrats bail out McCarthy.
If this happens MC likely becomes weaker as a speaker, and makes some backroom deals with Dems. They’ll likely try to oust Gaetz or change the rules to more than one to oust.
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Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:10 am to BayouBengal21
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Steve Scalise takes the gavel. (Or some other consensus candidate)
IMO, Steve should’ve been the Speaker from the beginning. He is a staunch conservative in relation to McCarthy, but he’s been extremely effective in Washington.
Nah…he’s now considered a swampy, globalist, uniparty leftist by many on this board. We can’t have such a character as House Speaker.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:19 am to BayouBengal21
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Gaetz Long-Run Options
1. Steve Scalise takes the gavel. (Or some other consensus candidate)
IMO, Steve should’ve been the Speaker from the beginning. He is a staunch conservative in relation to McCarthy, but he’s been extremely effective in Washington.
He can get the support from moderates, and make the majority more effective in governance.
This is probably the best Gaetz can do, although Scalise is a swamp creature and anything but a staunch conservative. This would be a very minor win.
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OR
2. Democrats bail out McCarthy.
If this happens MC likely becomes weaker as a speaker, and makes some backroom deals with Dems. They’ll likely try to oust Gaetz or change the rules to more than one to oust.
This is what Gaetz wants to happen.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:20 am to BayouBengal21
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Steve Scalise
frick him. Establishment. I hope someone primaries him here because he's been at the trough too long.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:22 am to BayouBengal21
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makes some backroom deals with Dems.
He already made them to get his spending bill through before the government shutdown...
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:42 am to Giantkiller
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he's been at the trough too long.
While I agree 14 years is more than enough in one chamber, hence the need for term limits…
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I hope someone primaries him here
Steve Scalise is not getting primaried. In fact, he might have the safest seat of the Louisiana delegation.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:45 am to ragincajun03
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Steve Scalise is not getting primaried. In fact, he might have the safest seat of the Louisiana delegation.
We wonder why Louisiana can't ever get off the mat, then we put these swamp frickers into perennial office. We deserve everything we get and the future ain't looking too bright.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 11:31 am to Giantkiller
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We wonder why Louisiana can't ever get off the mat, then we put these swamp frickers into perennial office. We deserve everything we get and the future ain't looking too bright.
Yep. And we’re about to elect another crook to the Governor’s Mansion. Our only saving grace are the two North Louisiana Representatives — Johnson and Letlow.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 11:38 am to ragincajun03
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Nah…he’s now considered a swampy, globalist, uniparty leftist by many on this board. We can’t have such a character as House Speaker.
If it quacks like a duck .....
Posted on 10/3/23 at 11:51 am to DCTiger
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Our only saving grace are the two North Louisiana Representatives — Johnson and Letlow.
PoliBoard hates her too.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 11:55 am to ragincajun03
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Our only saving grace is the one North Louisiana Representative — Johnson
FIFY
Letlow just voted for the Continuing Resolution.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 12:09 pm to BayouBengal21
Steve should’ve been the Speaker from the beginning. He is a staunch conservative in relation to McCarthy, but he’s been extremely effective in Washington.
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Posted on 10/3/23 at 12:24 pm to Giantkiller
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frick him. Establishment. I hope someone primaries him here because he's been at the trough too long.
Good grief. He is by far the most conservative person we can expect from that district. Remember, Jefferson Parish and the northshore broke for JBE, twice.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 12:26 pm to BayouBengal21
Scalise is as bad as mcarthy
Posted on 10/3/23 at 12:46 pm to BayouBengal21
1-Scalise would be way better than McCarthy, but in the end it may turn into a watered down version of the same. I could be wrong, but I don’t see Scalise making random side deals with Biden. I saw Gaetz say that some house leadership didn’t even know that McCarthy did that shite, simultaneously with him floating Scalise
2-Gaetz should expand his strategy and pursue someone likeminded to be the whip and/or other House Leadership. I doubt McCarthy ultimately gets evicted. Dude has no shame and is not embarrassed that actual voters loathe him.
When it comes right down to it the SOH needs to be able to get legislation passed. Party leadership’s job is to advocate for conservative positions and make sure those get passed.
The reason McCarthy gets away with his sliminess is bc he gets the blessing of GOPe house leadership.
Gaetz needs to cut a deal with house leadership upon threat of change if he really wants to kneecap McCarthy.
2-Gaetz should expand his strategy and pursue someone likeminded to be the whip and/or other House Leadership. I doubt McCarthy ultimately gets evicted. Dude has no shame and is not embarrassed that actual voters loathe him.
When it comes right down to it the SOH needs to be able to get legislation passed. Party leadership’s job is to advocate for conservative positions and make sure those get passed.
The reason McCarthy gets away with his sliminess is bc he gets the blessing of GOPe house leadership.
Gaetz needs to cut a deal with house leadership upon threat of change if he really wants to kneecap McCarthy.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 1:39 pm to Wednesday
Gaetz will be the dog that catches the truck wheel. He may be viewed by the next speaker as someone who needs to be marginalized. That would be an accurate view from the speaker position.
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