Posted on 11/17/2022 2:39:01 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — Republicans managed to make their victory in the House seem like a loss by underperforming so badly. But while they did not win control by anywhere near the margin that they anticipated, they did win. And in the House, even the barest majority can work its will if it can hold together to produce 218 votes.
The main question going forward is whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, who was nominated Tuesday to lead the new Republican majority, can achieve the unity necessary to perform fundamental tasks such as funding the government, or whether unyielding far-right members will make the new speaker’s life miserable and the House an unmanageable mess.
The likely single-digit-seat victory will allow Republicans to claim power — including subpoena power — set the agenda, run the committees and try to hold President Joe Biden’s feet to the fire with a string of promised investigations.
Despite their underwhelming showing, Republicans are unlikely to be chastened into cooperating with Biden and no doubt will plunge ahead aggressively once they get their hands on the gavels. For many, that was the point of the election. Their agenda is investigative, not legislative.
For McCarthy, his party’s win came in the worst possible way. The much thinner than expected majority means fewer Republicans from swing districts who might be averse to provoking chaos, making him more reliant on the fire-breathing hard-right members who triumphed in safe, ruby-red districts on the promise of political warfare against Biden.
At the same time, he will need to protect the less incendiary freshmen, such as the newcomers from New York who will be the top targets of Democrats beginning almost immediately.
The margin and the mix could combine to make the House all but ungovernable.
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Secondly, there should be no trace or a hint of power sharing nonsense because of the close numbers. Not one bit of that nonsense.
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actually, the dems have only 218 seats right now - but let’s talk about the ‘thin margin’ the GOP has.... /s
+1. That little sh*t has NO business on that committee...
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“barely” ... going to have same margin as Dems last 2 years... sure, I was thinking we’d get to 240... but a win is a win...
Republicans can lead by 400 seats and it will still be a Lucy and the Football moment
Best thing that can happen there is nothing.
This.
We need to face the fact that Democrats are much smarter then Republicans
Yep the rats let ‘em have it for numerous reasons. They could easily have stolen a few more races bank it.
How 'bout the far left RINOs?
The Uni-Party is firmly in control of the House.
“Now Can They Run It?”
I’ll take “Not a Chance” for $2,000.
What a name you have...civilwarbrewing...did you GRAB THAT GUN and head to the nearest statue that was being torn down?
Did you GRAB THAT GUN during the first coup?
Did you GRAB THAT GUN during the 2nd coup?
Did you GRAB THAT GUN during the forced lockdown?
:)
change the name. Too Many here have been shown to have wasted my time talking big for 20 years while doing nothing when it mattered.
The dems didn’t LET the Rs win.
Grow up
The Republicans will have roughly the same margin of majority the democrats do now.
I don’t remember the media once pointing out what a small majority they had.
At this point the only matter that really matters is securing the election system. But because of federalism and liberal judges I don’t see how it can be done. The idea of a chain of custody is apparent in all other democracies. In Canada, I am handed my ballot, I go behind a screen and select the candidate, come back and the person there folds it for me, then watches me insert it into a paper box. The idea that I could vote on behalf of another person is ridiculous.
They probably have better grammar, that’s for sure.
House republicans headed by Kevin McCarthy could fu*k up a one car funeral.
Jim Jordan, yes. Not with McCarthy. McCarthy is lazy and stupid. Sorta like Gavin Newsom.
No. They should at least try to undo everything the dems have done over the last two years. Open up drilling and close the border.
Open up drilling and close the border.
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Who is gonna plant the fields, harvest the crops, wash the
clothes, clean the house, and do a lot of the other manual
labor?
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