Steve McCarthy drops out of House Speaker running

Ok, after Boehner's resignation, House Majority Leader Steve McCarthy (also recently famous for the 'the Benghazi probe was successful in doing what it was supposed to- affect Hillary's poll numbers' line) was the heir apparent for it, and seemed a total shoe-in for the job.

Until he dropped out of the running suddenly

Much to pretty much everyone's surprise, to the point that the vote for next speaker is now delayed.

Speculation engines are just warming up.

One possible reason is some of the Tea Party types were already labeling him 'another Boehner' and refusing their support (sidenote, I still find it kind of funny how they don't realize how much Boehner went to bat for them in the shutdowns and such. One complaint I saw from that corner was they didn't like how he ran things and how one had to approach his staff to get a bill on the floor, which is just how Speakers work). Seeing how they treated Boehner, McCarthy may have just thought things through and went 'nope, I'm fine where I am.'

Another factor, and one that seems to fall in line with his comments in the drop-out speech about how he wants a 'unified' choice with all the Republican votes, and not someone getting in at 220 votes or so (218 is the minimum required), is there may have been serious worry that they'd have to get some Democrat votes to get him in.... which they could fairly easily get, btw, but it'd give appearance of compromise and we can't have that, can we?

So now who the next House Speaker is is way up in the air again. Paul Ryan, another big name, has also said he's not interested.

So who's going to be House Speaker after Boehner? No-one's quite sure, and that's pretty interesting.

let me guess...he did something unethical with his weewee, and so now he needs to spend time with his family and find jesus.

I just hope it's not Jason Chaffetz, what a moron. Or maybe I do hope it is...idk, might damage Republicans.

This party is a F'ing mess

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
let me guess...he did something unethical with his weewee, and so now he needs to spend time with his family and find jesus.

Nope. He's not quitting his current job as Majority Leader, nor his seat in congress.

He's just saying, "that job everyone hates Boehner in? Yep, don't want it!".

The closest he has to a scandal is admitting the Benghazi probe was politically motivating which, yea, no duh.

He was weak, and a fool.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
He was weak, and a fool.

Who do you want as Speaker?

superman

He's an illegal alien though

nice strawman, troll. reported. (sure that made no sense, but it's the cool thing to do at kmc, now)

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
He was weak, and a fool.

Or possibly just quite sensible at seeing the job as the problem post that it is.

No-one can be obstructionist enough to make the Tea Party happy- and they're going to have to promise to be if they want the TP's support. Getting in without tea party support means likely having to constantly fight within the party to keep the job.

It's a tough position for anyone, who really could get the whole Republican party behind them right now?

hehe "TP". i see what you did, even if you didn't.

Originally posted by Q99
Or possibly just quite sensible at seeing the job as the problem post that it is.

No-one can be obstructionist enough to make the Tea Party happy- and they're going to have to promise to be if they want the TP's support. Getting in without tea party support means likely having to constantly fight within the party to keep the job.

It's a tough position for anyone, who really could get the whole Republican party behind them right now?

That's not his problem. He's a foolish. And weak.

He did always strike me as a foolish and a weak.

Seriously, you won't be happy with anyone who doesn't completely ruin your country. If they in any way compromise with Democrats they are stupid, weak, foolish, traitors, etc.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
That's not his problem. He's a foolish. And weak.

How's he foolish? How's he weak?

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
That's not his problem. He's a foolish. And weak.

What do you want to see in a speaker, and importantly, how do you see them getting the job when they need the support of Republicans who like Boehner and McCarthy and similar?

Originally posted by Robtard
How's he foolish? How's he weak?

Do I have to answer what you already know the answer to?

Originally posted by Bardock42
He did always strike me as a foolish and a weak.

Seriously, you won't be happy with anyone who doesn't completely ruin your country. If they in any way compromise with Democrats they are stupid, weak, foolish, traitors, etc.

Quote me saying this, or retract your claim, liar.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Do I have to answer what you already know the answer to?

Actually, yea. Your statements are vague and lacking in specifics. Knowing you, we can guess the general direction of your objections, but writing things down is how communication works, how people learn the specifics.

Without that, it's just vague growsing, and we don't really know your reasons.

He chose to step down because he was only going to get 220 votes instead of his target of 240.

Btw, 220 votes still makes him speaker.

He's foolish and weak.