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panader0

(25,816 posts)
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 03:37 PM Jan 2023

We should make a betting pool for how many ballots it will take to have a speaker.

Even if McCarthy bows out eventually, there will be more problems no matter who is nominated.
Deals will have to be struck with both the extremes and the moderate repubs.
I think at least twenty ballots, maybe many more. What say ye?

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We should make a betting pool for how many ballots it will take to have a speaker. (Original Post) panader0 Jan 2023 OP
Well it looks like McCarthy is losing one vote for every ballot. I can't do that math Walleye Jan 2023 #1
how many votes can they have in 2 years? DBoon Jan 2023 #2
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