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At what point do the Dems bail out the GOP and nominate a moderate Republican? Are there any moderate Republicans left in Congress?

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Jan 5 '23, 10:13

At some point, McCarthy goes down and gets replaced by someone worse or he concedes so much that the “Freedom Caucus” ends up running all the committees. It’s all fun and games until the Nazis take over.

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Why should they let them off the hook. Would you rather be eaten by a lion, tiger or bear? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 5, 11:55
The longer this goes, the worse it looks for GOP. Why would they want to help solve that? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 5, 10:59
They should be talking about it with some "moderate" republicans. But the tradeoff is no fight on the debt ceiling and possibly some limits on their - pmb Jan 5, 10:22 5
- Precisely. -- nm - Mop Jan 5, 10:25 4
  - Problem is (as I said below), any republican who sides with the dems is going to get primaried. I just don't know how they stomach the alternative of - pmb Jan 5, 10:27 3
    - fear not, Repubs. Hakeem and DLCC will be back on their Kitchen Table Issues bullshit the minute your vote does go final - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 10:45
    - So we need 6 Kinzinger/Cheney types willing to sacrifice their seat. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 10:43 1
      - Valadao and Newhouse are the only Republicans who voted to impeach Trump that were re-elected, so maybe they are 2 to start. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 10:47
As was foretold in Angels & Demons. -- nm - Max Jan 5, 10:17
Why is it up to the Dems to bail out the GOP? If the GOP "moderates" want the House to function then they should vote Jeffries. -- nm - TWuG Jan 5, 10:16 2
- The scorpion needs a ride from the frog. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 10:57
- This. -- nm - Krusty Jan 5, 10:57
Yup your IM is my worry. There are a lot of ways this goes sideways for the whole country. -- nm - spamlet Jan 5, 10:16 2
- If only there was a way to not elect them in the first place. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 5, 10:30
- sideways *is* the new normal -- nm - Jovian Jan 5, 10:17
nope. the gop gotta iron out their own shit. -- nm - Diva Jan 5, 10:15
they're the minority party. why would they at any point help the majority on something that is entirely their issue? they're not passing a bill here.. -- nm - colin Jan 5, 10:14
not their circus, not their monkeys - hollywood big shot Jan 5, 10:14

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