(10-14-2023, 05:07 PM)copycat Wrote:

(10-14-2023, 09:10 AM)I mikesez Wrote: Yeah, the 60 or so Republicans who want to punish the 8 or 10 that ousted McCarthy have to understand that the 8 or 10 aren't just going to sit back and take it.  The 60 have to try to make a deal with at least some Democrats to replace those 8 or 10 Republicans or they have to give up on punishing their fellow Republicans.  It's up to them.  What's the Democrats' price? If it's low it might be acceptable.  

In principle I think McCarthy was a bad leader and deserved to be ousted. The House needs to use its committee process more and the Speaker needs to defer to the committees more, the House committees need to take advice from Senate leadership (and vice versa) and there should never be a last minute bill to solve a deadline that everyone knew about for months.  And we need to be moving to reduce spending and debt.  However that's not why McCarthy was ousted.  He was ousted because 8 Republicans wanted to punish him for working with Democrats.  He has to work with Democrats because Democrats control the Senate and the White House.  McCarthy was punished for the one thing he did right while he was on the job.

McCarthy’s refusal to oust Pelosi from the speaker office made him unworthy.