Posted on 11/19/2018 3:44:18 PM PST by mdittmar
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen Democrats who’ve opposed Nancy Pelosi’s quest to become speaker released a letter Monday saying they will vote for “new leadership” when the House picks its leaders in January, underscoring a significant threat to her effort to lead her party’s House majority in the next Congress.
The letter’s release suggests that rather than spending the next six weeks focusing on a fresh agenda to present to Americans, House Democrats could be consumed with a bitter and attention-grabbing internal leadership fight.
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Is that a hard and fast rule? Because I support daffy alex occasional-cortex for speaker.
I thought it was a letter signed by 17 of them last week????
Is there an age requirement for Speaker of the House? I can't find one. And the speaker doesn't even have to be a member of the House of Representatives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives
There are no age requirements to be Speaker of the House. So our gal Ocasio-Cortez is eligible for the position. In fact, I think she should get it, as she has many days of experience under her belt.
But since Ocasio-Cortez is under 35, she’s not eligible to be president. So I guess a Speaker Ocasio-Cortez would be skipped over on the presidential succession list.
16?...LOL, slow news day
If you go after the Queen...
Not to worry - Diane Fineswine will get each of them up against the wall like she did to Murkowski and make sure Nancy is Speaker.
letting Pelousy get anywhere near any visible seat of power again would be the death of the D party
insofar as America’s voters are concerned
many D reps realize this
let’s see if they manage to get their ship together and select someone more acceptable to the country (and maybe more photogenic, too?)
Again, Alex Occasional-Cortex is too young to be Speaker (praise kek).
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Does anyone want Occasional-Cortex to be third in line for the Presidency?
Does anyone really want Pelosi to be third in line for the Presidency?
There’s no age or number of terms requirement, if O-C has the votes she can be speaker.
You don’t need to be a member of the House to be Speaker.
The member can elect anyone they want.
There’s 435 egos that will make sure that never happens!
Can the republicans just vote “present” on this and sit on their hands? I’d kinda prefer to watch the democrats eat themselves like they’re crab legs on a seafood buffet just for the sheer entertainment value. I know the Speaker is the third-in-line but I’m selfish that way (and deniability is a good thing in this situation).
Sweet 16
Sheltered Nazi P is detached from reality within her own collective. Dis integration.
DNC will apply carrots and sticks until enough of ‘em cave and break their first campaign promise ....
There are 435 seats in the house, so Pelosi needs 218 to win election as speaker.
The latest tally shows 232 House seats for the Dems, 200 fo the Rs, with three undecided. If those three races go according to how they are leaning now, it will be 233 seats for the Dems, 202 for the Rs.
By my count, 233 - 16 = 217
So 16 defectors leaves Pelosi exactly one vote shy of what she needs. That may be signficant if they all are firm. Pelosi could reach out to make a deal with Republicans for a vote or two, but that would probably put her in an untenable position with her own party.
More likely, she makes a deal with a handful of the 16 to give her some margin. But it’s possible that things get interesting in the next week.
Nancy Pelosi will “win” thru bribery then literally have the locks changed on the doors to the offices of those that opposed her as she has done in the past.
The Speaker is third in line to the presidency. The president must be at least 35 years old by the time of the election.
Go, nan...you confused elderly criminal loser .
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