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What the what? I don't know much about it, but I thought McCarthy was a lock? What happened? -- nm

Posted by ty97 Oct 8 '15, 09:46

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He was never a lock - znufrii Oct 8, 09:50
He dropped the mic and it fell in to the toilet. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 09:49
The Teabaggers saw that he wasn't going to be any more ideologically pure than Boehner - jangles Oct 8, 09:48 9
- To be fair, it's the Freedom Caucus, which considerably overlaps with the Tea Party Caucus, but it's not a full and complete overlap -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 8, 09:57 7
  - (The Freedom Caucus accounts for 42 of the 435 seats according to Wiki) -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:03 6
    - But that's enough if they refused to support him, - ty97 Oct 8, 10:09 5
      - You're assuming he wouldn't have gotten 13 D votes. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:17 4
        
        I don't know that the Democrats have any incentive to help the GOP out of the hole they've dug themselves on this. -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 10:21 3
        
        True. I also think some Democrats would take a known quantity over a risky unknown. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:23 2
        
        I think the Dems would make them sweat at least 1 vote before throwing a life vest. - Will Hunting Oct 8, 10:27
        
        eventually, perhaps. -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 10:25
- Farewell, Georges Danton. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:50
He put on razor-blade spikes and stopmed on his own crank in his first national interview - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:47 4
- oh I heard about that. -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 09:48 3
  - but seriously, that was enough to kill him?! -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 09:48 2
    - It was the pretext, at best - jangles Oct 8, 09:50
    - Well, he's Boehner's right-hand ...so he's already suspect in teh right-wing minds...and then that comment undermined faith in him in the minds of a - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:49

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