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  Suppose you pick, like, Brian Fitzpatrick. The guy isn't great, but bucks his party on Gun Control, Climate Change, gerrymandering, LGBT rights, hell he's co-chair of the Ukraine caucus. The alternative, pretty much certainly, without democratic support will be someone more supportive of far right Republicans. Democrats shouldn't signal this unless its starting to seem likely, but to me this sort of situation is tons better than getting some completely crazy.
context: Nothing is likely to come of it, but being a Democrat from Alaska this isn't a bad move for her. She can just tout the effort made without actually having to do anything. >
  
  It’s a gutsy move, but it’d work out. The insurrection caucus hates McCarthy guts, they won’t vote for anything he wants. And anything he passes without being bipartisan won’t make it through the senate. They’ll spend the next 2 years screaming about McCarthy instead of getting anything done. Win win for Dems. >
  
  Republicans:  Please, Democrats, we made a mess, bail us out again! >
  
  Lucy is in desperate need of help setting up the football >
  
  Sounds like a bullshit headline.
  Her only quotes from the article:  
  
  “Anything that gets us communicating with each other rather than talking at each other would be a good thing at this point,” she said.   
  “The gridlock over the Speaker vote is not normal or good for anyone. I am not enjoying this — I don’t think anyone is, and Alaskans deserve better,” Peltola said. 
  
  Sounds like a reporter asked "Would you be open to forming a majority coalition with the Republicans?"  
  She said "Anything that gets us communicating with each other" and the reporter took that as a yes when it's obviously avoiding answering no. >
  
  Yeah, fuck that. Let them roast. >
  
  Why would they? This is one of the worst things that have ever happened to the GOP. They can't even elect a speaker the PR is so bad. >
  
  Oh, I don't know, because it might actually benefit the country to avoid having the Qanon nuts running the House. >
  
  Seriously. The amount of people here who want the 20 members of the freedom caucus to run the house is baffling >
  
  They already will.  McCarthy has promised them the moon, its not enough now, but maybe it will be at some point. >
  
  IMO democrats should not be on board with mccarthy. If they're going to compromise they need to get someone closer to the center who isn't going to shut down the government, and I just don't trust mccarthy in that regard. >
  
  This. Any compromise pick has to actually be a compromise, not some fucking pinky swears to do this or that from a bunch of fucking jackals that have shown time and again their promises aren't worth shit. >
  
  
  I am not enjoying this — I don’t think anyone is, and Alaskans deserve better,” Peltola said. 
  
  I am enjoying this, thank you very much. >
  
  Sure, but we do deserve better. >
  
  You do. Until that can happen, this is as good as it can get. >
  
  Pretty sure most modern republicans would rather this vote go on for the next century than form a coalition with the dems. >
  
  Dems would only need 6 to back a moderate republican >
  
  Or Jeffries. >
  
  Hell no. >
  
  They better fucking not… >
  
  I’m open to it if they agree to oust Santos. >
  
  Umm pretty sure there’s much longer list of known criminals to oust. >
  
  It’s really just the bare minimum they could do.
  Obviously, the Democrats should squeeze out as many concessions from the Republicans as they can. >
  
  Yea well you don’t give away the store for the bare minimum in exchange. >
  
  >thehill.com
  Into the trash it goes. >
  
  Unless she's trying to get Republicans to vote for Jeffries, I don't want to hear it. >
  
  Don’t do it, Mary >
  
  Literally why would you try to make life easier for them? They’d call you a socialist pedophile in a minute. >
  
  No Mary. Stop. >
  
  Alaska is all about coalitions and it works for them. The moderates coalesced around Representative Peltola, keeping out MAGA Republicans like Sarah Palin twice. It helps that Alaska has ranked choice voting.^[1]
  It remains to be seen if something similar could happen in Congress though. There are around 15 - 18 Republicans that are from districts Biden won in 2020 and I doubt they want a MAGA Republican.^[2] Maybe 5 of them can be nudged to vote for Hakeem Jeffries for a few concessions. 
  
  1) BBC - Sarah Palin defeated by Mary Peltola in Alaska comeback bid
  2) Axios - Midterms highlight GOP crossover victories >
  
  It’s not a bad idea. They could wrangle some concessions out of it like DACA, spending limit, restrictions to frivolous investigations. The problem is finding a moderate Republican who doesn’t care that they won’t get re-elected. >
  
  There’s absolutely zero incentive to work with the GQP unless it’s them voting for Jeffries
  As soon as a Republican speaker is elected absolutely zero meaningful legislation will be passed and we’ll have 2 years of sham investigations into someone who’s never even been involved in politics and sham impeachment hearings. 
  Not to mention how it would look for Democrats to help elect a Republican speaker.
  The GQP got themselves into this mess, let them face the consequences. We don’t have to save them every time they fuck up.