"I have found that I can predict at least 80 percent of what [Nancy Pelosi] would do, just by having read Mike Royko's "Boss", and "The Last Hurrah"." SSI - That�… (View Post)

No. BUT note that yours truly NEVER bets on elections. BECAUSE find that I'm WRONG too often! (View Post)

. . . meanwhile back at the ranch . . . via NPR - Whip notice just sent to House Democrats: "Members are further advised that they should be prepared to stay in Washington, D.C. until a Speaker … (View Post)

In the US, there is no tradition or history of the Speaker as non-partisan, not since powdered wigs went out of fashion anyway. Has ALWAYS been a partisan position. Only difference through the decade… (View Post)

Of course, neither did the Founding Fathers anticipate Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor Greene, etc., etc. Not to mention the Sage of Mar-a-Lardo! (View Post)