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In response to "I'll believe it when I see it. -- nm" by znufrii

It will be interesting to watch. If he's serious about a 2020 run he's going to have to be seen as effective in his current position and that means

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Apr 21 '16, 09:36

doing some governing. Not governing has made their party and particularly the congress extremely unpopular. But he's still going to have to wrangle the crazies, even if inclined to try to find compromises, so good luck to him.

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It would be pretty easy to do, if he had the balls or inclination - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 09:40 5
- Or the Freedom Caucus does to him what they did to Boehner. He (and they) know that the Speakership rides on their support. -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 09:46 3
  - He can make a deal with Dems to stay speaker, if he's truly interested in governing -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 10:04 2
    - The Democrats have zero interest in making him Speaker. They'd be better off just letting the position be vacant and nothing get through. -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 10:07 1
      - It depends how far he would be willing to work with them to actually pass bills, i.e., govern -- nm - dj fingerblast Apr 21, 10:11
- I think either is more likely if Cruz is the nominee...it'll be the ultimate "You got exactly what you wanted and look" scenario. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 09:41

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It will be interesting to watch. If he's serious about a 2020 run he's going to have to be seen as effective in his current position and that means

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