Republican Congress In Such Disarray, It May Need Democratic Help To Choose Speaker

Posted by | October 17, 2015 21:00 | Filed under: Politics

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The next House Speaker may have to be a coalition candidate, as not enough Republicans can agree on someone, should Paul Ryan not want the job.

Without a viable alternative to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), some centrist Republicans say they’d have little choice but to seek Democratic help in electing a new Speaker.

The centrists have long chafed at House conservatives over their treatment of Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). They blame the House Freedom Caucus and its antecedents for a series of government shutdown crises that have hurt the party…

“I don’t see a Plan B” if Ryan refuses the job, said Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.).

If it becomes clear that no other Republican can assemble 218 GOP votes, King added, “In that case, we would have to consider having a coalition Speaker.”

“It’s a very simple question of math,” said Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), who first floated the idea of Republicans and Democrats joining together on a Speaker candidate last week.

“If there are not 218 Republican votes on the House floor, then by necessity the Democrats will have a say in who the next Speaker will be,” he said. “I still think it’s a possibility.”

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11 responses to Republican Congress In Such Disarray, It May Need Democratic Help To Choose Speaker

  1. mea_mark October 17th, 2015 at 21:04

    Like I said before … Jon Stewart … if he will take the job. All the dems and a handful of republicans and Boehner to allow a vote and ratify the results.

  2. amersham46 October 17th, 2015 at 21:45

    Any Republican will have to tame the Tea Baggers and have the support of the rest of the GOP , Mission Impossible

    • rg9rts October 18th, 2015 at 05:02

      Thats why Boner is herding cats for a living now

  3. Foundryman October 18th, 2015 at 00:18

    I hope the Democrats tell them to take a flying leap off of Stone Mountain. Wrapped in their confederate flags.

    • bpollen October 18th, 2015 at 01:39

      All Democrats should abstain. Let the Rs sink or swim on their own.

  4. The Original Just Me October 18th, 2015 at 01:09

    They really should look at Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho. He is a Good logical man and pretty well center of the road. He is a Republican but one of the few with that has a brain. And he has been in there for quite some time.

  5. rg9rts October 18th, 2015 at 05:00

    LMAO….

  6. KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker October 18th, 2015 at 07:14

    Let the republicans flounder and fail. They have already proven they are just insane ideologues with no interest in governing. Let them collapse for all to see.

  7. Mike October 18th, 2015 at 12:44

    They need to convert 11 of the “gang of 40” or 11 Dems…hard to decide which one is less likely.

  8. bushputz October 18th, 2015 at 13:39

    Screw ’em. Let the GOP hang from their own petard. Other than naming a couple of post offices and endlessly attempting to repeal Obamacare, they haven’t done a damn thing. Without a Speaker, at least they have a reason.
    I hope they squabble amongst themselves through the 2016 election season, and let the public see what a joke they are…

  9. Kick Frenzy October 18th, 2015 at 19:11

    Paging Jim Webb…

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