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originally posted by: [post=19902517]tinymind[post]
a reply to: kosmicjack
I did not catch their name, but didn't a fellow member of the House send an open letter to "those who were seeking leadership offices" to with draw from these positions if they had any "bagage" which they did not want exposed?
This was mentioned on one of the talking head shows last night. I wish now I had been paying attention
Just one day ago, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) sent a letter to fourth-ranking Republican House member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, calling Speaker candidates to withdraw if they had any embarrassing secrets that might become public.
"With all the voter distrust of Washington felt around the country, I am asking that any candidate for Speaker of the House, majority leader, and majority whip withdraw himself from the leadership election if there are any misdeeds he has committed since joining Congress that will embarrass himself, the Republican Conference and the House of Representatives if they become public," he wrote.
originally posted by: Khaleesi
Cruz is a Senator. He can not be Speaker because has not been elected to the House of Representatives. He was elected to the Senate. I don't know why people keep saying these things. The House and Senate are not the same thing.
originally posted by: kosmicjack
a reply to: neo96
Well....Jones and Ellmers are both from North Carolina, so maybe he knew? I wonder what's up with the crazy DHS twist?
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: xuenchen
Read the Constitution.
The constitution says there is a member of the house for every 20,000 people. In practice that has proven to be unsustainable so is ignored. You can have over a million people served by a single representative now, and with gerrymandering it represents population groupings much more than the will of the people, but because the number of people in each district varies you can't infer that more Republican house seats means more Republicans in the population.
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: kosmicjack
Newt Gingrich: If 218 Republicans wanted me to be Speaker again, I’d have to serve
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: kosmicjack
Did Someone At DHS Edit The Wikipedia Pages Of Kevin McCarthy And Renee Ellmers?
Call it like you see it.
originally posted by: kosmicjack
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: kosmicjack
Newt Gingrich: If 218 Republicans wanted me to be Speaker again, I’d have to serve
Crap! Please tell me that's satire....but no, I don't think it is.
Ellmers leaked sensitive details from Tea Party-linked representatives to McCarthy and Boehner, says a congressional staffer familiar with the early discussions.
originally posted by: neo96
LOL check this out:
Newt Gingrich: If 218 Republicans wanted me to be Speaker again, I’d have to serve
originally posted by: ketsuko
This is just a symptom of the same problem that has Trump and Carson leading in the polls.
The GOP has more or less taken a giant dump on their voting base, and that has finally resonated far enough up the chain that you're seeing it at the national levels. Those representatives who remember why they were elected and what they promised are standing on those promises.
The others are threatening to try an alliance with Democrats to push a new speaker.
The GOP is really a party in trouble. Their traditional base refuses to change, and they can't pick up enough constituency from Democrat blocks to plug that hole. Either they have to go back to their base and make their traditional ideas attractive or they die trying to scrape crumbs off the Democrat leftist table.