# I pit the GOP for considering the inarticulate Kevin McCarthy for Speaker

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**Created:** [October 3, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354 "2015-10-03T11:15:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/101 "2015-10-09T20:05:58Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> What happens if they cannot elect a Speaker? Can Boehner still retire? They can’t force him to stay on right? How do bills come to the House floor for a vote if there is no Speaker to bring it to a vote? Can the House do anything? Is there like a Pro Temp version of a House leader?

I can’t find the link now, but apparently there is a rule that the Speaker has to submit a ranked list of people to fill the role in case he is incapacitated, out of town, whatever and something Speakerish needs doing. Whoever maintains that list has verified that Boehner did that, but did not release the names.

My guess would be that McCarthy is #1 on it.

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**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354/102 "2015-10-10T18:03:24Z")

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I liked this editorial cartoon I saw in Newsday today:  
[![](https://bokbluster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/151010boehner.jpg) ](https://bokbluster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/151010boehner.jpg)

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