Tommy Christopher at Mediaite is trying to create a narrative that Kevin McCarthy’s exit from the running for the next House Speaker spot is great news for Hillary Clinton’s presidential aspirations:
McCarthy’s sudden, bombshell decision to drop out of the running for Speaker of the House is just the latest in a series of recent, McCarthy-connected events that have all but secured the presidency for Democrats. On the heels of current Speaker of the House John Boehner‘s resignation, McCarthy was the natural successor, and promptly took advantage by completely destroying Benghazi as an issue for Hillary Clinton. One under-reported fact about McCarthy’s Benghazi gaffe is that he didn’t just connect the select committee’s activities to Hillary’s poll numbers once, he did it three times…
Christopher then cited three recent instances where McCarthy said that due to the revelations and consequences of the facts that have been exposed in the Benghazi hearings, the people don’t trust Hillary. Christopher thinks that Hillary is somehow “smashing the Benghazi/Emailgate issues to bits.” he also is certain that Republicans will be extremely unpopular going into the 2016 elections over matters such as their attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, the next budget battle in December, and the upcoming debate on raising the debt ceiling yet again.
Christopher also took a moment to point out characteristics of the top GOP candidates–Trump is orange, Carson is soft-spoken (and “insane”), and Fiorina made up the story of a live-birth abortion video she watched. Christopher is so confident that Hillary and the Democrats have the general election wrapped up that he claimed, “The Chicago Cubs couldn’t lose this one.”
I guess he doesn’t keep track of baseball.
Christoper essentially says that the Benghazi hearings are just a political ploy by the Republicans to keep Hillary from becoming President.
It is absolutely a plan to keep the former First Lady out of the Oval Office, but politics isn’t the reason why so many people believe she should not be our next president. It goes beyond politics. While the reason McCarthy gave for people not trusting Clinton was inelegantly stated–and very few outside of Capitol Hill are shedding any tears that he’s now out of the running–McCarthy’s right about people not trusting her. So much has been revealed about her involvement in Benghazi and her email hijinks, and more continues to be revealed on what seems like a daily basis. No amount of liberal spin and cover can hide nor lessen the significance of that woman’s deceitful behavior. There’s no way Americans should feel safe with her leading our country. At least Rep. Gowdy and the others on the Benghazi Committee are doing something to keep that from happening.
Nice try, Tommy, but Hillary still can’t be trusted. Also, a lot can happen in thirteen months, so the Democrats as a whole don’t have the 2016 elections nailed down, either.
Update 7:37pm:
Rumors are now floating that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who declared earlier today that he wouldn’t jump into the ring, is now entertaining the idea of seeking the spot as the next Speaker of the House. Via National Review:
“I’m told he’ll sleep on it,” says a source close to Ryan.
Two additional Republican sources say Ryan has in fact already made up his mind to jump in the race. In the wake of McCarthy’s last-minute decision to pull out of the running, Ryan is the only member of the Republican conference who it seems could command broad support. He is the undisputed intellectual leader of the group and, as a former vice-presidential nominee, has proven that he can survive — and thrive — in the glare of the national spotlight.
But, with a young family back home in Wisconsin, he has until now strongly resisted entreaties from his colleagues. When outgoing speaker John Boehner announced his resignation last month, Ryan said the vacancy was “a good job for an empty nester.”
Time will tell if his colleagues can prevail upon him to change his mind.
If Ryan decides he will pursue becoming the next Speaker, does that make him a shoe-in for the position? Probably, but we’ll find out for sure soon enough. And how would this affect the assumption that the Dems will win the presidency and take back the Senate next year?
