(October 20, 2023 at 8:44 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And at times, it's tempting to imagine the Dems telling the Republicans who've kept blocking Jordan's election something like "Hey, since you're clearly not going anywhere in this election, here's an idea: if you actually want ANYTHING to get done, vote for Hakeem Jeffries." It's a long shot, and I suspect that it would have to take shit getting really fucking bad for anyone to consider this, but it's possible.
What's going to happen is the GOP will keep dicking around until November when the existing CR runs out, and the government shuts down, and all those big military vendors like Raytheon and Northrup Grumman who were counting on contracts to renew supplies going to Israel and Ukraine are shit out of luck until it gets fixed. They, in turn, will tell the Republicans whose campaign war chests get their kickbacks that they are also shit of luck until it gets fixed. Only then will the GOP work with Dems to stand up an interim Speaker.
