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Were to resign, then what we saw, what happened in the fall, there is absolutely no consensus candidate, and thats theres a problem. so two things can be true. one, theres nobody to replace mike johnson, perhaps he survives as motion to vacate vote, but he is badly damaged. theres no doubt about it by the deals that he had to cut in this by narrowly divided house and not having much leverage with the democrats in the senate. it himself evolving on some of these key issues. the question will be a...

Right far-right elements in his conference, take them on work with democrats and deal with the aftermath at the moment. hes in his speakers chair because democrats very well could come to his defense. >> i said, well, it sounds like yeah, it sounds like an issue of also buying time. manu because when you spoke with congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, i mean, she really put it on, you know what? im not going to make that decision right now. im going to let my colleagues you know, go home and he...

In a meeting held in Guwahati, 15 anti-BJP parties from the INDIA bloc and regional parties decided to field a consensus candidate from each of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the 2024 general election.

That literally threatened trans existence. >> congratulations, ron desantis. you win. >> jason? as a strategist yourself in politics presidential campaign if you try to and voters, how is this additive, this ad? >> i think first of this wasnt a campaign ad, so to speak, it was i think personally a dumb decision to tweeted out by a campaign staffer. i think what hes trying to do, well, i cant even say what hes trying to do, but generally i think that the idea is that desantis is trying to show vo...

>> i think first of this wasnt a campaign ad, so to speak, it was i think personally a dumb decision to tweeted out by a campaign staffer. i think what hes trying to do, well, i cant even say what hes trying to do, but generally i think that the idea is that desantis is trying to show voters that wait a minute im further to the right than donald trump. and of donald trump is going to sit here and campaign and say that hes a consensus candidate, youre gonna have to fight rhonda sanders to get tha...

Two of the leading aspirants of the just concluded election of 10th House of Representatives presiding officers, Hon. Idris Wase (APC-Plateau) and Hon.

The G7 aspirants for the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives met with “Greater Majority ” and resolved to present a consensus candidate for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The groups met at a parley in Abuja on Saturday. The G7 reiterated their commitment to work with the minority caucus to present a common

Youll cast for mccarthy? >> no, because i dont believe this is just about kevin mccarthy. some of these folks are trying to change the whole structure of how this place works. you want members with experience that know how to work with egc colleagues, and what theyre trying to do now is bypass the process, weaken the average member, and put themselves in a position where the speaker has no power. a consensus candidate or any other situation is basicallyg n speaker. theyll take the fall when ever...

The other thing this does with donalds joining with the pro-mccarthy folks, it shows anti-mccarthy folks dont have a consensus candidate. jim jordan doesnt want to be speaker. he made that clear. his name has been in contention before. hern does not want to be speaker. his name has been in contention. they are split. it weakens the anti-mccarthy position. the other thing to watch, mccarthy has by my math -- he has enough votes to adjourn after that. if he keeps those folks voting for him and the...

0 good day. im andrea mitchell in washington. its january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and ta...