# House Speaker Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 12, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770 "2022-11-12T00:48:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 68
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1341 "2023-01-05T23:28:49Z")
432 voting for a person, plus Spartz voting present, Buck not voting, and McEachin being dead = 435 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1342 "2023-01-05T23:29:42Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > They’re probably ordering Chinese food takeout. Isn’t that what they always do on TV in these types of situations? 😜 Or order pizza, which I saw mentioned repeatedly in coverage earlier this week. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1343 "2023-01-05T23:29:55Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > They need to stop with these speeches. At this point I doubt even the supporters want to hear someone blather on. I agree. At this point, no speech is going to sell any member on changing his or her mind. Everybody is too dug in to change, no matter how wonderful these speeches make the candidate look. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1344 "2023-01-05T23:32:16Z")
Whoa! Gaetz just nominated Trump for Speaker! ---
**Author:** ![MulderMuffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldermuffin/32/2862_2.png) [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1345 "2023-01-05T23:32:25Z")
Gaetz went there. He flat out nominated Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1346 "2023-01-05T23:32:53Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Regarding the concessions that McCarthy apparently made (to no avail), can anyone tell me why reducing the threshold to vacate the chair from 5 votes to 1 vote was so contentious? It matters more when your party has both a slim majority and deep divisions. Basically any rando who managed to get elected to the House could call for a snap vote to ouster the Speaker and between the slim majority and a solid bloc of dissidents, be kicked out. It would matter less (but still be annoying) if there was a sufficiently large majority for such a measure to be guaranteed to fail (which was another reason the midterms were such a letdown and led to the current standoff) or if the Speaker could be reasonably assured no divisions within the party were sufficiently deep for it to matter. At least if it required 5, it would reduce the chances it happened. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1347 "2023-01-05T23:33:40Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Whoa! Gaetz just nominated Trump for Speaker! He really does look like Butt-Head. To bad there’s no congressman that looks like Beavis. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1348 "2023-01-05T23:33:49Z")
Good heavens, seriously?!? The insanity has deepened! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1349 "2023-01-05T23:34:35Z")
He’s already voted Trump a couple of times, no surprise here. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1350 "2023-01-05T23:34:51Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > To bad there’s no congressman that looks like Beavis. Gym Jordan. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1351 "2023-01-05T23:34:59Z")
I know the math. 🙄 I guess I just misheard/misread the vote totals on C-Span. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1352 "2023-01-05T23:38:37Z")
Gaetz always looks like Buddy from The Incredibles to me. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1353 "2023-01-05T23:38:38Z")
It’s uncanny. [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/034/575/matt.jpg) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/034/575/matt.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1354 "2023-01-05T23:39:30Z")
I missed who Bob Good nominated. Was it Kevin Hern? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1355 "2023-01-05T23:42:00Z")
Still waiting for the revel Edit Hern ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1356 "2023-01-05T23:42:35Z")
He’s just mentioned Kevin Hern. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1357 "2023-01-05T23:43:43Z")
And Donalds is out ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1358 "2023-01-05T23:44:59Z")
Not to worry Gates replaced him with another Donald . ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1359 "2023-01-05T23:45:16Z")
> [@slash2k](#): > > 432 voting for a person, plus Spartz voting present, If they’re not careful, Bob Present will be the next Speaker. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1360 "2023-01-05T23:46:54Z")
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