Issa: I'm considering running for House speaker

[question everything]

Source: CNBC

Rep. Darrell Issa said Friday he's considering jumping into the race for House speaker, following the surprise withdrawal by fellow California Republican, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

"To be honest, I'm probably better suited to be the Republican leader or a committee chairman," said Issa, whose four-years as House Oversight chairman ended in late 2014.

Issa, an eight-term congressman, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" he would support House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan for speaker, though the Wisconsin Republican said Thursday after McCarthy bowed out that he did not want the job.

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Issa said he did not have a second choice among those announced candidates — stressing the Republican Party needs to find a consensus candidate to bring the staunch conservative wing of the party back into the fold.

If that single candidate can not be found, Issa said he'd advocate a complete leadership overhaul. McCarthy has said he plans to stay on as majority leader. "Nobody, in my opinion, covets the job so much that they would throw our future under the bus," Issa added.


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[HooptieWagon]

1. He meets the GOPs criminal standards.

[maddiemom]

11. Too bad they can't bring Tom DeLay back as Majority Leader.

Truly a Republican match made in...well...

[erronis]

12. My thoughts exactly. Too much insecticide has scrambled their brains.

However, not quite enough.

[davidpdx]

41. They could bring him back as speaker though

Bring Tom back with out delay! (old joke from Will & Grace).

[Roy Rolling]

17. Yep

Thinking the same thing. He has just the right amount of baggage to make another ineffective and scandal-plagued, hypocrite speaker.

[olegramps]

21. Perfect match for the Party of Corruption

[roguevalley]

30. I hope Issa does. That vampire is the last stake in their crisped souls

[truthisfreedom]

2. Jebus.

They've got the worst of the worst lined up.

[Marty McGraw]

6. they'd be better served by

going down to their local PD and pulling out a random line-up they have to make their choice from

[fredamae]

3. He Also meets min qualifications

as The GOPA-Hole

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/03/rep-elijah-cummings-gets-cut-off-at-house-irs-hearing/

[KamaAina]

4. KamaAina: I'm considering running for the border

[El Supremo]

32. Crap!

My future congressman.

[KamaAina]

34. Do I sense an avvie change in your future?

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Well, he does have some qualifications

for speaker of "the big house".............

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Just as well. The House Republicans are a hopeless lot anyway.

Issa is a corrupt partisan hack with a shady background. As Speaker, he'll represent the GOP well.

[L. Coyote]

36. And a new speaker may be needed after the elections.

[Jack Rabbit]

39. Hopefully, a new speaker will be needed after the election

But it won't be a big problem. The Domocrats will untie behind Nancy Pelosi. She's not perfect, but we can do a lot worse.

[Plucketeer]

8. You'd THINK

that with their "connections", Jesus would appear to anoint a proper and able mouthpiece. I mean - there's NEVER been a better time to show up and flabberghast the rest of us into "believing".

[Turbineguy]

9. He does qualify

under the bizarre republican standards.

[chapdrum]

10. The perfect Repug thug

and apparently the richest member of the House.

Got rich off of his car alarm company, quite logically called "Viper."

[TygrBright]

13. Ohpleeez, oh, pleeeeeeez!!!! YES!!! Dooooo iiiiiit....!!! n/t

[Delphinus]

14. Um, in a word,

eww.

[dogknob]

15. That's MY Congress-Criminal you're hatin' on!

I say let him slither right under that bus!

It would be lovely to finally be rid of him, but we never will unless:

a) gerrymandering goes away
b) he becomes nationally hated by more than just us here -- this can happen if he gets this gig.

[V0ltairesGh0st]

16. They will reject him too.....

For not being GOP enough, not anti-Obama enough, not convincing anyone about Bengahzi enough.

[trueblue2007]

18. I ...... 65 year old woman am gonna run for Speaker of the House of MORONS!!!!!

[No Vested Interest]

19. Dear God, spare your people.

Have mercy on us.
We may have done evil throughout our history, and even now.
But this man may destroy our spirit completely.
Amen.

[mahina]

20. He's willing to lie, cheat and (obvs) steal to win,

so he'd fit right in. He would be a terrific 'new face' for the party, because he is completely repellent.

[lunatica]

22. Every new name that comes up sends chills up my spine

Are only the cream of the crazy crop wanting the job? Are there no longer sane Republicans?

This is getting kinda scary...

[valerief]

24. Republicans don't need Americans to do their work anymore, so they don't care about Americans.

No, there are no "sane" Republicans.

[yurbud]

43. that is the point of the Tea Party: stupid extremists will pull the trigger on fascism when told

to do so by their corporate masters.

I think that's what some of the very wealthy wanted during Bush's tenure, but enough Republicans were afraid to do so to stop it, not because it was the wrong thing to do, but because they had enough brain cells to know they would end up dead or in prison if their putsch failed.

There's not much chance of the Tea Party pols having that level of self-doubt.

[valerief]

44. They had their 2000 election coup and PNAC war. They didn't have any compassionate brain cells

for the populace.

[yurbud]

45. compassion didn't hold them back--self-interest did

[valerief]

23. The President and VP better have extra super duper security if Issa gets it. nt

[L. Coyote]

25. The Trumpization of the Republican House? Whoever has the most money wins the highest position.

The only thing populist about Issa is his ability to steal cars.

[packman]

26. OK - ISSA is elected speaker

then something happens to the President and the Vice President. Then I'm moving to Canada.

[RKP5637]

27. Looks like the republican mafia is trying to get all lined up. n/t

[emulatorloo]

28. Perfect spokes-crook for the House GOP

[juajen]

29. That's totally mind-boggling!

He makes my skin crawl. I can't even imagine him in the oval office. What a dustup!

[Sanity Claws]

31. How can this man ever begin a sentence with "To be honest?"

[allan01]

33. nutz

[LynneSin]

35. Has this man ever been honest? Geez he's a car thief

yikes

[cindyperry2010]

37. well that proves

that the idiots have taken over the farm if this putz has a ghost of a chance I mean really

[stuffmatters]

38. With Issa's history in Ca, I suspect he's been Speaker driven since Bohner resigned

Issa was the driving force (both mouth and money) to impeach Grey Davis. Issa expected he could finesse the governorship. but Arnold's unexpected candidacy upset Issa's apple cart. We all fondly remember Issa's sobbing 'concession speech" to Arnold and his thwarted visions of grandeur.

The minute McCarthy mysteriously stepped aside, my thoughts went towards Issa. I knew he'd ...once again ...step in to exploit the power vacuum and declare himself the rightful solution. Given Issa's profoundly reproachable character, I'm also wondering how much Issa had to do with the dark campaign targeting McCarthy, albeit a weak speaker candidate from the start, to step away.

I suspect Issa will make a strong and probably successful play for GOP Speaker. Unless some really wild ball (like Schwarzenegger before) gets thrown in from right field.

[lastlib]

40. All I can say is:

"DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! WARNING, WARNING, CRIMINAL APPROACHING!!"

[yurbud]

42. these guys all probably know Roberts Rules of Order the way a dog knows calculus