# 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:** 91
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1801 "2023-01-07T04:01:46Z")
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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1802 "2023-01-07T04:02:39Z")
This is evil. He needs one of the 2 present votes to flip. ---
**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, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1803 "2023-01-07T04:02:49Z")
McCarthy going to Gaetz. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1804 "2023-01-07T04:02:53Z")
Right now it’s hanging on a warming rack in the master bath. ---
**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, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1805 "2023-01-07T04:03:20Z")
They’re destructive bullies. No surprise. ---
**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, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1806 "2023-01-07T04:03:23Z")
Not going well. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1807 "2023-01-07T04:03:44Z")
Man, Gaetz looks pissed. Holy shit a fight! Rogers going after Gaetz, it’s being reported ---
**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, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1808 "2023-01-07T04:04:07Z")
Mike Rogers ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1809 "2023-01-07T04:04:12Z")
Wow, that got heated. McCarthy certainly thought this was done. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1810 "2023-01-07T04:04:24Z")
Nope. He’s 1 vote short. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1811 "2023-01-07T04:04:41Z")
CNN: Gaetz wants to adjourn until Monday. Likely why he voted the way he did, to keep from concluding this tonight. ---
**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, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1812 "2023-01-07T04:04:42Z")
Wow! This is insane! Gaetz wants to adjourn until Monday, that is why he voted present. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1813 "2023-01-07T04:05:13Z")
McCarthy needs Gaetz or Boebert to change to him from present. It doesn’t look like he flipped anybody from the last vote.What happened to the wheeling and dealing? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1814 "2023-01-07T04:06:02Z")
These people are killing me over here. ---
**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, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1815 "2023-01-07T04:06:50Z")
Or one of the ones who voted for someone else votes for McCarthy or present he would have it. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1816 "2023-01-07T04:06:50Z")
Man, this is really giving me my fix in the break between Survivor seasons. ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1817 "2023-01-07T04:07:14Z")
Come on, gavel it! ---
**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, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1818 "2023-01-07T04:07:30Z")
They have to verify the count. ---
**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, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1819 "2023-01-07T04:07:32Z")
Who is not there? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-contest/974770/1820 "2023-01-07T04:07:41Z")
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