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    11 year ago

    The next speaker will be incentivized to neuter the freedom clowns after what happened to McCarthy.

    So I think there is a better chance they try to strike a deal with the Dems. Honestly it’s just mins blowing to me that the Republicans see this absolute fiasco as a better outcome than getting 10-15 Dems on board. It wouldnt take much work.

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      11 year ago

      Any Republican that works with Dems any more than McCarthy is likely to be primaried. They have brainwashed their base to think Dems = Evil, and working with them is worse than a deal with the Devil.

      Republicans are stuck in this weird place where they do not have enough votes for a majority without the freedom caucus, but the base will replace them if they work with Dems. As such, they placate the freedom caucus.

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        11 year ago

        They can’t do it like wounded gazelles. They have to act together or in larger numbers. Don’t get picked off one by one.

        I know they are cowards, but jeez, I guess they can’t trust each other enough to do it together.