Monthly Archive: October 2023
Voting for the House GOP Speaker Designate Begins at 0900 Tuesday, Oct. 24th
From CNN: So what happens next? At 9 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the House GOP will vote for their speaker nominee. With eight candidates in the running, members will cast a successive series of...
The Root Cause of Being Unable to Elect a Speaker
The House Republican Conference has absorbed a critical strategic lesson: In instances where a small fraction of House Members advocates for a specific provision—dubbed here as Sec. 1—that wouldn’t survive a standalone vote on...
Trump’s Losing Streak Continues as His Choice for Speaker Goes Down in Flames
Done, done and done. Just say’n.
What’s Next: Noon Sunday Deadline for Speaker Candidates, Monday, Candidate Forum then Floor Vote Tues. or Wed.
So, here is what is next: Sunday, October 22: Noon deadline for new House GOP Speaker candidates Monday, October 23: House GOP Speaker candidate forum Tuesday or Wednesday, October 24: House Floor votes for...
If the House Republican Conference Used Ranked Choice Voting, they would Know which Candiate for Speaker had the Most Support
The current state of the House GOP can be succinctly described as follows: roughly two dozen Members from each ideological camp refuse to support the Speaker choice of the opposing camp. This has resulted...
Rep. Moran Presses Jordan about his Promise to Step Down as Speaker-Designee: “I didn’t get a clear answer as to the timing of when he might be willing to do that”
From Politico: During Thursday’s meeting, Moran pressed Jordan on a previous vow to the GOP last week that he would step down if he couldn’t get 217 votes — which has become increasingly obvious....
“I think you should give Jim Jordan the same time frame I was able to get,” McCarthy said
McCarthy secured his position as Speaker after four days of voting, spanning over a dozen separate floor votes. McCarthy never faced as many as 22 votes against him like Jordan; McCarthy had a notably...
The Latest Conventional Wisdom on the House Speaker’s Race
As of October 15th, at just before noon in Washington, D.C., here is the consensus among operatives and lobbyists: Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) loses the floor vote. It is scheduled for tomorrow at noon....