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Kevin McCarthy Abruptly Drops Out of House Speaker Race
New York Times ^ | 10/8/2015 | JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Posted on 10/08/2015 9:36:59 AM PDT by dragnet2

WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy on Thursday abruptly took himself out of the race to succeed John A. Boehner as speaker, apparently undone by the same forces that drove Mr. Boehner to resign.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 114th; 9; congress; ellmersisaslut; gtfo; house; housespeaker; kevinmccarthy; kma; mccarthy; nospeakermccarthy; rino; speaker
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To: God luvs America

It IS a good thing.


21 posted on 10/08/2015 9:44:00 AM PDT by kabar
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To: dragnet2

Good.


22 posted on 10/08/2015 9:44:07 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: dragnet2
apparently undone by the same forces that drove Mr. Boehner to resign.

I doubt undercutting the Benghazi committee and starring in a TV Ad for the opposing parties front runner for the White House helped matters. That alone disqualified him IMO. Being a RINO and Boehner bootlicker just iced the cake.

23 posted on 10/08/2015 9:44:23 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: dragnet2

Yeow-suh!


24 posted on 10/08/2015 9:44:30 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: dragnet2
The party will unify once they stop attacking the Tea Party. They don't have to agree with them, just stop sounding like a bunch of frightened liberals!
25 posted on 10/08/2015 9:44:44 AM PDT by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum.)
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To: FlipWilson

Boehner is Toast...

No one will do ANYTHING as long as he stays, it is all in suspended animation until they put forth the next “leader” or the actual Repubs get together and Bow Up telling the current bunch of Pansies what up!


26 posted on 10/08/2015 9:44:59 AM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: dragnet2; All

NOW are you beginning to understand how Obama has been riding roughshod over the GOP leadership?

Given how the Obamunists have weaponized government, it would be no big stretch to think they have been using the FBI files and NSA surveillance against them.


27 posted on 10/08/2015 9:45:18 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: God luvs America

No....It IS a good thing...He would have been Boner II.


28 posted on 10/08/2015 9:45:26 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: dfwgator

remember that guy from Louisiana a few years back that this happened to? Was it Livingstone?

But he was poised to be Speaker, and then all of a sudden, he was gone...not just from the race...but pretty quickly from Congress if my memory is correct...


29 posted on 10/08/2015 9:45:45 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: dragnet2

30 posted on 10/08/2015 9:45:51 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: RWGinger
Anyone can run for Speaker of the House of Representatives.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2015/0925/John-Boehner-exit-Anyone-can-run-for-House-speaker-even-you

31 posted on 10/08/2015 9:45:53 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: dragnet2
Mr. McCarthy told the room, <>“I’m not the one to unify the party.”

He's right - he's NOT the one.

32 posted on 10/08/2015 9:46:27 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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To: dragnet2

Time for a Godly man like Daniel Webster to be leader of the House.


33 posted on 10/08/2015 9:46:31 AM PDT by Rodm
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To: ConservativeDude

Yup......he was playing in the company pool...


34 posted on 10/08/2015 9:46:40 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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Mr. McCarthy told the room, <>“I’m not the one to unify the party.”

He's right - he's NOT the one.

35 posted on 10/08/2015 9:46:51 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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To: tcrlaf

Yes it certainly does.


36 posted on 10/08/2015 9:46:59 AM PDT by Ray76
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To: dragnet2

Wow. More good news!

McCarthy was a GOPe flunky through and through.

One more victory for the American people in the war against the Chamber of Crony Commerce and their GOP stooges.


37 posted on 10/08/2015 9:47:05 AM PDT by Pelham (A refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: dragnet2

We need to contact the Freedom Caucus and thank them...they need to hear from us.


38 posted on 10/08/2015 9:47:16 AM PDT by rrrod (Jhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3343827/reply?c=1ust an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: Rodm

I’m OK with him...He will pick a good 2nd and whip.


39 posted on 10/08/2015 9:47:27 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: dragnet2

I think McCarthy’s gaff about Benghazi did him in. They convinced him that the Hildabeast would keep using this during the campaign and if he were the Speaker, it would be bad news.


40 posted on 10/08/2015 9:47:36 AM PDT by Signalman
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