Breaking: McCARTHY DROPS OUT OF HOUSE SPEAKER RACE

[99th_Monkey]

Kevin McCarthy Pulls Out Of House Speaker's Race
McCarthy was considered the top candidate to be the next speaker.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kevin-mccarthy-speaker_56169926e4b0dbb8000d6a1f?ne2q33di

[YoungDemCA]

1. Rule #1 in politics: Never tell the the truth about your motives

BENGHAZI!

[sharp_stick]

2. Oh this is going to be fun

I fully expect to see the House reinstate dueling or the Hunger Games as a potential way to become speaker.

Make it pay per view we could make a fortune watching these idiots spill each others guts on the floor.

[99th_Monkey]

3. Yes, Hunger Games comes easily to mind, when viewing the spectacle called the House GOP.

Rachael's going to be a good one tonight

[Cleita]

4. My former congressman is an unelected fraud.

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He really shouldn't have gotten this high up in politics because he's not able to do any job he's had handed to him. His "political career" has been a farce that only shows how deeply corrupted our system has become. It was a matter of time for him to become exposed for the empty suit that he is. I'm happy it came before he became third in line for the presidency.

[pinboy3niner]

12. He's my current congressman

Just shoot me now.

[Cleita]

13. You guys have to find a good candidate to run against him and then

throw all the support you can behind him. I know it's almost a Sysiphian task, but you need to do it.

[pinboy3niner]

14. Dem votes are increasing here, but you know it takes a lot to get party support for a candidate

I always thought that organizing hispanic voters here was important, but as a non-hispanic that's not something I can do. So it's nice to see GOP candidates doing so much to mobilize hispaic voters. One day our red area will turn as blue as the rest of our state.

[retread]

15. Bakersfield?

[Cleita]

16. Organizing your Hispanics is your key. They are second and third generation Americans descended

from the farm workers in the area and I believe they outnumber the white population although I would have to do some research to verify that. Mostly, they don't vote. You need a crossover candidate, one that looks fairly white but who speaks both Spanish and English like a native. The rednecks in your area won't vote for anyone who looks like a Mexican no matter how American he really is. I know it's disgusting but the sad truth. The Hispanics don't vote because they get thrown an Anglo like Kevin McCarthy, whom they know doesn't give a shit about them. But anyone who can galvanize both populations will unseat McCarthy with no problems. So far he's had a free ride and it's time to take the car keys away. You need the white votes for the campaign funds and the Hispanics for the voting numbers. Loretta Sanchez accomplished it in very red, right wing Orange County. You can do it too.

[joeybee12]

5. This makes me sad...

He would have been awful as Speaker, and that would have been great for Dems.

[YoungDemCA]

9. "He would have been awful as Speaker"

You could say that about any candidate the GOP puts up.

[joeybee12]

11. Yeah, but he has foot in mouth disease...

He'd be the gift that keeps on giving!

[Kelvin Mace]

6. He gave this statement:

"Person I not the right position needed."

Then he went for English grammar lessons with Master Yoda.

[saturnsring]

8. more like "paersonagity i nof meflee for this postionageable"

[Kelvin Mace]

17. Dateline: Hungria

[saturnsring]

19. the gop is desparately trying to find it so they can bomb it

[Cleita]

18. If Sarah Palin had not been in Alaska or Kevin McCarthy in California they would have been made

for each other as a couple, preferably in Canada, not here. I doubt if Canadians would have elected either of them into office. Instead they would have opened a little road house, with Kevin dishing up his deli sandwiches and Sarah bartending, regaling her customers with her homey wit and wisdom. Their children would have been given classes in remedial English. All would have been good.

[LittleBlue]

7. Oh dear. Which nuttier weirdo can we expect now?

[YoungDemCA]

10. I think the young fellow from Utah who is obessed with Planned Parenthood

is as likely a contender as any, at this point.

[Rex]

20. He fucked up and started giving away the GOP master gameplan.

Why? I don't know, but it is WONDERFUL watching the GOP implode!

[99th_Monkey]

22. I think it's called unfettered EGO <- it just got away from him, he couldn't stop himself

I could see it all over his face, as he was bragging to Morning Joe about
how clever the House GOP wing-nut caucus was being 'taking down' Clinton.

[Rex]

23. And he was going to be third in line for the presidency!!

FUCK. THAT.

[AlbertCat]

21. From the article in Reuters....as seen on AOL:

This quote:

"Kevin McCarthy, dropped out of the race in a surprise that raised concerns about the party's ability to govern effectively."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

"The party's ability to govern effectively...." concerns have been raised since the 1980's....definately in the 2000's and has merely expanded till today and beyond.

A surprise???? Who are they kidding?