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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
Fri Sep 25, 2015, 01:01 PM Sep 2015

Why the next Speaker will also fail in two paragraphs

“The dynamics are this,” he continued. “There are anywhere from two to four dozen members who don’t have an affirmative sense of governance. They can’t get to yes. They just can’t get to yes, and so they undermine the ability of the speaker to lead. And not only do they undermine the ability of the speaker to lead, but they undermine the entire Republican conference and also help to weaken the institution of Congress itself. That’s the reality.

“Now, if we have a new speaker, is there going to be an epiphany? They won’t be happy if it’s Paul Ryan or Kevin McCarthy, who will have to make accommodations with a Democratic president and the Senate constituted the way it is.”


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The more things change, the more they will stay the same.
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Why the next Speaker will also fail in two paragraphs (Original Post) MohRokTah Sep 2015 OP
We will continue to have this problem until Gerrymandering is fixed corkhead Sep 2015 #1

corkhead

(6,119 posts)
1. We will continue to have this problem until Gerrymandering is fixed
Fri Sep 25, 2015, 01:13 PM
Sep 2015

too many teabaggers are in safe districts.

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