Electing Jim Jordan looks vanishingly unlikely. The wish list you lay out for concessions to Democrats also looks to be vanishingly overbroad. Maintaining a budget framework that can avoid a government shutdown past the 2024 election looks to be realistic, but everything else, including Ukraine, looks to be a real stretch. Neither of us is a big fan of Tom Emmer -- but at this point, frankly, he looks to be possibly the best option for Republicans, and someone the Republican conference might possibly be able to elect with no explicitly stated deal -- although a few independently decided and voluntary Democratic "present" votes would be needed. Emmer offers the virtue of frankness, and may have both the skills and credibility to be both elected Speaker, and to work with a Democratic Senate and President Biden - who I'm personally about as horrified with as I am with Trump. I have some questions for you about Robert Kennedy Jr -- hope we can get a chance to talk about them after the upcoming November Minneapolis "election" -- which I put in quote marks due to anticipated low turnout.
From your pen to the eyes of all House Members! It's a very reasonable plan and it behooves members on both sides of the aisle to get together, compromise and get something productive done for the people they are supposed to be serving.
Electing Jim Jordan looks vanishingly unlikely. The wish list you lay out for concessions to Democrats also looks to be vanishingly overbroad. Maintaining a budget framework that can avoid a government shutdown past the 2024 election looks to be realistic, but everything else, including Ukraine, looks to be a real stretch. Neither of us is a big fan of Tom Emmer -- but at this point, frankly, he looks to be possibly the best option for Republicans, and someone the Republican conference might possibly be able to elect with no explicitly stated deal -- although a few independently decided and voluntary Democratic "present" votes would be needed. Emmer offers the virtue of frankness, and may have both the skills and credibility to be both elected Speaker, and to work with a Democratic Senate and President Biden - who I'm personally about as horrified with as I am with Trump. I have some questions for you about Robert Kennedy Jr -- hope we can get a chance to talk about them after the upcoming November Minneapolis "election" -- which I put in quote marks due to anticipated low turnout.
From your pen to the eyes of all House Members! It's a very reasonable plan and it behooves members on both sides of the aisle to get together, compromise and get something productive done for the people they are supposed to be serving.