House Leadership Megathread: it's House of Cards but without the monologues

[Bigby]

Let's go Webster!!!!

You do realize that if Webster gets 20+ votes, it could hand over the Speakership to Pelosi. Is that what you guys in the Tea Party want?

The Speaker can be from the minority party?

[Bigby]

Yeah, that's the thing. A lot of rules about the House have been formed over the years and are not from the Constitution. You won't find the Hastert Rule in the Constitution, for example.

[Bigby]

The one issue with the McHenry candidacy is that Patrick McHenry has apparently had gay rumors for years a la Rick Perry.

Rick Perry has had gay rumors?

http://gawker.com/5868489/all-your-rick-perry-gay-sex-rumors-collected-in-one-handy-book

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^ quote for the ages

Obligatory Brokeback Mountain joke.

[Bigby]

So is it really just McCarthy vs Webster vs Chaffetz? God, this is so oddly boring...

[Bigby]

Out of Webster and Chaffetz, who is more likely to get it?

[Bigby]

Out of Webster and Chaffetz, who is more likely to get it?

0% chance for either

Then who gets it? They're the only two running so far.

[Bigby]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/politics/house-speaker-race-paul-ryan/index.html

Ryan reconsidering!

Looks like he may be Speaker whether he wants to be or not.

[Bigby]

Tom Cotton wants Dick Cheney to be Speaker

Tom Cotton, please don't make me not like you.