Subject: Re: Speaker's Election
I see.

So the proper response would be "well, if you won't go our way then we'll nominate someone that enough Dems can get behind to get him/her elected". I suspect the dissenters would rather McCarthy than a moderate Dem.

Interesting that for once the Reps aren't in lock-step. They almost always vote in a unified block, while Dems are like herding cats (or, as the famous quote goes, "I don't belong to an organized political party; I'm a Democrat").