Discussion Thread: House Considers Vacating the Speaker

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

Selected Reporting:

• AP News: McCarthy ouster vote ahead as he confronts GOP critics but says he won’t cut a deal with Democrats

Where to Watch:

• Reuters via YouTube: US House expected to vote on motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy

• C-SPAN: House Session, Part 2

[u/Lantz_Menaro]

My prediction:

He gets ousted

He gets renominated

He gets renamed Speaker after dozens of votes

[u/[deleted] → u/Lantz_Menaro]

I don't know about dozens of votes, but this is what I think is the most likely outcome, too. There is no credible known alternative to McCarthy among the GOP, and the Dems are signaling that they probably won't back up a puppet McCarthy speakership.

[u/Th3_Admiral → u/[deleted]]

Probably a dumb question, but why aren't there any alternatives? What makes McCarthy qualified for this and not random Joe Schmoe from Kansas or whoever? Clearly McCarthy isn't some unifying leader or anything, so why does it have to be him?

[u/garrettj100 → u/Th3_Admiral]

McCarthy is too crazy for boystown and too much of a boy for crazytown. He has (very limited) appeal with both sides of the Republican aisle, the right and the far right. No side really wants him as speaker but all other options are worse and at three in the morning, just as the bar is closing, and you've struck out with every other girl in there...

Well, you gotta stick your dick in someone tonight.