House Republicans Still Can't Elect a New Speaker

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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After a tenth vote and reports of possible concessions to those preventing his rise to Speaker, Kevin McCarthy is still short of the votes he needs. Has McCarthy already made too many concessions that would undermine his ability to do the job? Plus, Gov. Ron DeSantis gives an inaugural address to show Washington what it can learn from Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:22.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:27.0	Kevin McCarthy loses more votes for a speaker of the House, even as negotiations are getting more serious with his 20 opponents.
0:37.0	Can he offer them enough concessions to get the job as speaker and can he govern if he does having made those concessions?
0:45.0	Plus, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives his inaugural address to kick off his second term.
0:50.0	And it sure sounds like a message aimed at sweeping in from the provinces to take Washington, D.C.
0:57.0	Welcome. I'm Paul Gigo with the one and only Kim Strassel and the one and only Kyle Peterson, my esteemed colleagues.
1:03.0	From the Wall Street Journal opinion pages, welcome to you all.
1:07.0	The mellow drama in the House of Representatives continues as we tape this with no resolution in sight.
1:14.0	The House of Representatives moving to its ninth vote for speaker. The previous roll calls have changed almost no votes.
1:21.0	I think two in total as a rump of 20 in the GOP conference still opposed, Mr. McCarthy.
1:27.0	Let's listen to John James, a Michigan freshman Republican urging a vote for Kevin McCarthy.
1:32.0	We can't quit. You don't fire a guy who's winning.
1:35.0	And when you look at the governor's mansions and the legislatures, we've lost across the country just this past cycle.
1:40.0	And when you look at the gains that Kevin McCarthy has made uphill getting the gavel as a minority leader in half the time, you know,
1:47.0	the mainstream media like Salaud, the leadership of Nancy Pelosi. Kevin McCarthy won the gavel back as minority leader in half the time uphill.
1:54.0	We want to talk about people who can win. I'm a Lions fan and uh...
1:59.0	I'm...
2:02.0	Look, I'm well acquainted with snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Y'all, we need to learn how to win. We need to learn how to take a victory.
2:11.0	Kim, you've been doing some reporting on the negotiations behind the scenes. Where do things stand and is McCarthy any closer to getting 218?
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