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Kevin McCarthy dropping out of race for speaker -- (link*)

Posted by budice Oct 8 '15, 09:29

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https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/652158107464785921 (twitter.com)

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AP confirms, GOP vote postponed -- (link) - budice Oct 8, 09:42 1
- Rep. Paul Ryan says he will not be a candidate for House Speaker. -- nm - budice Oct 8, 09:47
*grabs the popcorn* -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 09:38
Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 09:37
he's a Pod Person!! -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 8, 09:36
Whoa. The House GOP is a thin line away from an anarchist's wet-dream. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:33 18
- It's been that since 2010 -- nm - jangles Oct 8, 09:42 4
  - only 2010? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 09:44 1
    - before that, they were just assholes. After that, crazy assholes. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:45
  - When push came to shove, Boehner would get things passed somehow. - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:43 1
    - Only the most bare bones, minimal emergency legislation -- nm - jangles Oct 8, 09:46
- I am become death, destroyer of worlds. -- nm - Reince Preibus Oct 8, 09:36
- I'm an agent of chaos... -- nm - John Boehner Oct 8, 09:35
- I bet this leads to a default and a shut down. -- nm - TWuG Oct 8, 09:34 10
  - is that the problem - no one want to pull that trigger and its the only trigger the GOP want to give them -- nm - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 8, 09:39
  - I picture Mitch McConnell in the Senate ordering code reds over these morons - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:35 8
    - What exactly are the rules on this, anyway - Reagen Oct 8, 09:43 2
      - From Wiki - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:45
      - Has to be majority of the House (218 votes) -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 09:45
    - As of yesterday, Gowdy and Gohmert have both declined. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 09:39 4
      - Right...Gowdy clearly doesn't want to, but he's getting pushed from some decent names - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:42 1
        
        Gohmert would be a heck of a tobaggan ride for a year and probably cause a Dem win of the House in 2016. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:44
      - What if there was a powerful political seat that one one wants?? -- nm - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 8, 09:40 1
        
        Because it comes with a curse. - Spawn Oct 8, 09:42
First Ballot entrant in the "Stepping On Your Dick" HoF. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:32
"Wait, the job means I have to herd cats? Fuck that noise!" -- nm - TWuG Oct 8, 09:32
Muahaahaa -- nm - Jason Chaffetz Oct 8, 09:31
Wow. Colbert's bit about him last night was fantastic. -- nm - pmb Oct 8, 09:31

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