# 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:** 88
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1741 "2023-01-06T23:34:52Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Kevin says he has the votes. The absent two will be back in time and he has at least two more. For sheer schadenfreude’s sake, I really hope this next one fails. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1742 "2023-01-06T23:50:18Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Note to self - make friends with a dolphin stat to get out while the gettings good. Or does anyone know of a friendly alien with a ride? Can I chip in for gas? Do you know where your towel is? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1743 "2023-01-07T00:09:02Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Third this: a GOP House that will consistently embarrass itself for the next two years doing no more harm than a well led GOP House would do. IF he gets the votes it is for a position of impotence. Voters who decide elections may forget this circus by next elections, but the constant dysfunction sure to come they will have in front of them constantly. McCarthy is an incredibly bad and insane political actor, and people _significantly more extreme_ than him got major concessions from him before the Republicans took control of the House. Given the six years we’ve all just had, your reading doesn’t strike you as just a bit optimistic about what this House is going to do? ---
**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 7, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1744 "2023-01-07T00:11:12Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Oh, don’t worry, silly. They promised not to abuse it. I know you’re kind of joking but Gaetz didn’t promise shit. He’s voting No ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1745 "2023-01-07T00:13:56Z")
I was mostly trying to gently make the point that this isn’t the thread for that discussion. We don’t know how governing is going to look if/when McCarthy gets the gavel. This thread is to discuss his efforts to get the gavel, not to speculate beyond that point. ---
**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 7, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1746 "2023-01-07T00:26:18Z")
Reporting is that some of the holdouts will vote present. They are saying boebert is in that mix. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1747 "2023-01-07T00:30:42Z")
“Present” as in “gift”. I wonder what she got. Probably more than a scented candle. ---
**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 7, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1748 "2023-01-07T00:34:09Z")
Point taken ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1749 "2023-01-07T01:02:11Z")
Given moderator suggestion this may be better to continue in a thread to be named later, _presumptively_ after a vote tonight delivers what is advertised without surprise. I’ll only comment that my belief is not based on McCarthy’s extremism but the weakness of his position and the unprecedented power the fewest most extreme of the extreme will have to make all sorts of blustery theatrics as the actions of the GOP controlled House. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1750 "2023-01-07T01:09:12Z")
I guess Republicans _do_ negotiate with terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1751 "2023-01-07T01:14:38Z")
A thread about the concessions and promises does exist that may be the place for how viable or credible they are and what happens in the attempt to implement them?: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-the-mccarthy-concessions-to-become-house-speaker/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-the-mccarthy-concessions-to-become-house-speaker/) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1752 "2023-01-07T01:17:06Z")
Good deal. That’s a perfect thread for it. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1753 "2023-01-07T01:20:02Z")
It’s really a different subject than reneging on promises or just the promises alone. The subject is really what does the House under McCarthy look like now, and includes much more than discussion about concessions. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1754 "2023-01-07T01:23:23Z")
I thought the OP covered that with this part of his starting post: > What is/are the likely result(s) if he reneges on any/all of them if he takes office? If you don’t think that’s sufficient and you want to expand the scope further, no problem opening another thread. At the moment, I’m just trying to keep this one on topic and manageable. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1755 "2023-01-07T01:24:36Z")
Ask @Hoopy_Frood. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1756 "2023-01-07T01:28:00Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “Present” as in “gift”. Unfortunately for her, McCarthy was speaking German. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1757 "2023-01-07T01:41:51Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Unfortunately for her, McCarthy was speaking German. “I was saying, ‘The Boebert, The.’” ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1758 "2023-01-07T01:59:29Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_GPEzKp8Tns/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - No One Who Speaks German Could Be an Evil Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GPEzKp8Tns) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1759 "2023-01-07T03:01:03Z")
Here we go again ---
**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 7, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1760 "2023-01-07T03:03:45Z")
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