The problem is if they don’t get the votes for someone else’s they might settle on Jordan. This will embolden the far right, who would be in de facto control.
If you veto everything you don’t want and hold balance of power, only what you want happens. Unfortunately, the moderates don’t use that same veto power, but step in line.
It will be interesting to see if the moderates can work across the aisle to get a speaker that is agreeable to more Americans.
Or will they shoot themselves in the foot with a far right speaker or no speaker and get blamed for paralysing government. The shutdown will happen in a month.
The problem is if they don’t get the votes for someone else’s they might settle on Jordan. This will embolden the far right, who would be in de facto control.
If you veto everything you don’t want and hold balance of power, only what you want happens. Unfortunately, the moderates don’t use that same veto power, but step in line.
It will be interesting to see if the moderates can work across the aisle to get a speaker that is agreeable to more Americans.
Or will they shoot themselves in the foot with a far right speaker or no speaker and get blamed for paralysing government. The shutdown will happen in a month.