Bill Kristol

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

The “now” is amusing. — PolitiTweet.org

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Three people are receiving votes for the nation's third highest Constitutional office. Only one of them -- @RepJeffries -- did not vote to subvert the electoral process and thus the democratic transfer of power on Jan. 6th, 2021. — PolitiTweet.org

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It's fun to enjoy the chaos, McCarthy's discomfort, etc. But we might pause to note that 200+ members of the House Republican conference--"Team Normal," as it were--see no problem with voting for a Trump-truckling, Jan. 6 election-denier for the constitutional office of Speaker. — PolitiTweet.org

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"In House chamber, The Bulwark overheard a group of Texas Republicans arguing amongst themselves...'What about them is more conservative?' Crenshaw asked...Later, Crenshaw told The Bulwark Cloud 'gets upset because I ask him, like, what would you want?'" https://t.co/7a1WJ7dlH3 — PolitiTweet.org

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"These guys spend their entire lives doing performative politics and then get outraged when someone else is more committed to the bit than they are." https://t.co/pReNvLm6qL — PolitiTweet.org

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Ask Kristol or Zipperstein what they think of the Jewish Review of Books and their answers are similar--'JRB is the place to find thoughtful pieces on Jewish thought and Jewish history...' 'There’s nothing else quite like it.'" https://t.co/Cc18c1n5se https://t.co/z80RMhqnRg — PolitiTweet.org

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By the way, on Upton's suggestion of equal numbers on committees. Republicans would presumably still chair the committees. A model would be the originally proposed Jan. 6 commission, which, Kevin McCarthy had agreed to before caving to the insurrectionist caucus within the GOP. — PolitiTweet.org

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...and then they turned on Robespierre... — PolitiTweet.org

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“You're supposed to throw the grenade after you pull the pin. They pulled the pin and passed the grenade around." — James Carville https://t.co/WZR1tN14a2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump speaks to the 20 MAGA types in the House by making yet another racist attack on Elaine Chao. Trump knows what kind of appeal might move his followers. https://t.co/ypvYDH3DiM — PolitiTweet.org

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"Those of us outside the party...knew there was no sacrifice, no degradation that would satisfy Kevin’s leopards. He may have been able to cobble together the votes to get into the speaker’s office for a spell. But he was never going to lead this party." https://t.co/pWiNhS7Snr — PolitiTweet.org

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"It’s the logical end point of a party that has descended into mindless demonization—of Democrats, of immigrants, of the 'deep state,' of the FBI, of the medical profession, of the 'woke' military—and now of one another." https://t.co/2HCystZ7TV — PolitiTweet.org

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Upton says he'd assure equal number of Ds and Rs on committees: "That's the only way we're going to get anything done." Upton admires his MI predecessor in Congress, Gerald Ford. An Upton speakership would be like the Ford presidency: a public service in a time of division. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fred Upton says his serving as Speaker is "an intriguing suggestion," and he'd be willing to do "to put an end to the dysfunction that is doing damage to the country." Upton says, "I would need Democrats. I could get a significant number of Republicans." https://t.co/Mx30fvEdAm — PolitiTweet.org

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Al also wonders whether today's likely visual contrast of House insanity on the one hand, with Biden, McConnell, Beshear, and DeWine appearing together in KY on the other, could help jar some members of Congress loose. — PolitiTweet.org

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Last week, @alfromDLC predicted McCarthy wouldn't win, and there could be a deal to get Dem votes for a reasonable Republican speaker. This morning he emails that Dems are waiting for some Rs to reach out, and that stalemate is giving compromise a chance. https://t.co/w09uBDagCb — PolitiTweet.org

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With a secret ballot, could there be 218 votes for a Constitutional speaker who would be a speaker of the whole House, not just the de facto majority leader of one party? And who would that be? Presumably a respected former member or non-member? https://t.co/WJGS3yP38y — PolitiTweet.org

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Would a motion tomorrow to change the method of voting for Speaker to a secret ballot be in order? In general citizens should know how their representatives voted. But caucus votes for leadership are secret, and in a way the speaker vote is more like those than like legislation. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SpotlightPA: UPDATE: After his selection as speaker, state Rep. Mark Rozzi announced that he would act as an independent and no longer… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SpotlightPA: BREAKING: Pennsylvania House picks Democratic lawmaker as new speaker with small but crucial GOP support https://t.co/c7ri… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Cavalorn: 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @michaelwoodtx: Remember when all those smart GOP operatives went on background with the WaPo in Sept to say that McCarthy was a politic… — PolitiTweet.org

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"McCarthy and Crenshaw and their ilk convinced themselves that they could throw in with the world’s biggest grifter, tell lie after lie (after lie) to their own voters, campaign for a boat of...crazies—and at the end be rewarded with their loyal support." https://t.co/pWiNhS7Snr — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Timodc: The Republican Party attracted members who are childish, petty, desperate for fame, with no real concern for policy or the publ… — PolitiTweet.org

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"McCarthy, a blow-dried, donor-class Republican, has tried to maintain a hold on his increasingly bedraggled, QAnon-class conference by prostrating himself before Trump...McCarthy calculated he'd be rewarded in the end with the gavel he had long coveted." https://t.co/pWiNhS7Snr — PolitiTweet.org

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"Clyburn argued it wouldn't be too hard to find enough Rs to cross over and find a consensus Speaker with Ds. 'We only need six of them to come over.'" So: A Republican, but a not-too-partisan one--Upton? Dent?---who'd preside as a non-partisan Speaker. https://t.co/umJeQF72x1 — PolitiTweet.org

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"Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside." -- John F. Kennedy, Jan. 20, 1961 — PolitiTweet.org

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Won't some Dem now move to adjourn, get support from anti-McCarthy Rs, the motion will carry (with McCarthy forces opposed), then the fun behind closed doors can begin. If we get to that point, seems Speaker won't be McCarthy (or Jordan). Patrick McHenry, call your office. — PolitiTweet.org

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Need a second ballot with no progress for McCarthy. Then Jeffries announces Dems willing to vote for a non-election-denying Republican who would serve as a responsible, Constitutional speaker, asks any group of Republicans to approach him with names. Upton, Dent? Or even McHenry? — PolitiTweet.org

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“A l'exemple de Saturne, la révolution dévore ses enfants". — Jacques Mallet du Pan, “Considérations sur la nature de la Révolution de France et sur les causes qui en prolongent la durée,” 1793. — PolitiTweet.org