Althouse: "Congratulations to Speaker Mike Johnson for receiving an unprecedented Vote of Confidence in Congress."

January 3, 2025

"Congratulations to Speaker Mike Johnson for receiving an unprecedented Vote of Confidence in Congress."

"Mike will be a Great Speaker, and our Country will be the beneficiary. The People of America have waited four years for Common Sense, Strength, and Leadership. They’ll get it now, and America will be greater than ever before!"

Writes Trump on Truth Social.

Did you get caught up in the anxiety about whether Mike would get the votes? I'm so resistant to that kind of thing at this point.

25 comments:

Hassayamper said...: The best we can reasonably hope for, I suppose. Wish it could be Massie or Gosar.; 1/3/25, 5:31 PM
Leland said...: No. The stupid party is what it is, but not that stupid. A few members will regret their stupidity.; 1/3/25, 5:42 PM
gilbar said...: i foolishly did. They were going through the voting when i checked the WSJ...
Next thing i know, i've Wasted 15 minutes of my life; that i will NEVER get back; 1/3/25, 5:47 PM
Readering said...: Unprecedented?; 1/3/25, 6:14 PM
Original Mike said...: Yeah, the Republicans didn't shoot themselves in the foot.; 1/3/25, 6:20 PM
Mikey NTH said...: No, I did not get caught up in the anxiety. Too many people live to panic, that's boring.; 1/3/25, 6:30 PM
Wince said...: That original CR that Johnson was negotiated an abomination.

Hopefully Trump read Johnson the riot act in private and Johnson got the message.; 1/3/25, 6:33 PM
Original Mike said...: It was dismaying, but he did fix it. Hopefully the episode reinforces in him the need for a budget done through regular order this year.; 1/3/25, 6:54 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Republicans hold on to their Johnson.; 1/3/25, 6:56 PM
victoria said...: Unprecedented? in a word, no.; 1/3/25, 7:11 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Dozens of rank-and-file conservatives were angered before the Christmas holiday when Johnson proposed a government funding deal that required compromise with Democrats to ensure its passage.

There's something very wrong with those people who see compromises in a democracy as a bad thing.; 1/3/25, 7:15 PM
doctrev said...: Good gracious, no. I don't care which fake globalist gets the job of wrangling these fools, except when Kevin McCarthy was humiliated. Watching Congress beclown itself relentlessly makes normal Republicans hate then MORE. Eventually dissolving them will look like a great idea.; 1/3/25, 8:01 PM
Breezy said...: I was chagrined when he was down three. WTH is wrong with those 3?
Anyway, got distracted and then all is well.; 1/3/25, 8:11 PM
Joe Bar said...: The loonies on CNN were going on endlessly about the upcoming vote this morning. I saw it on the TV at the gym. The other six TVs talked about anything BUT that. I at the point that I believe anything they say on CNN is completely wrong.; 1/3/25, 9:14 PM
Left Bank of the Charles said...: Unprecedentedly close.; 1/3/25, 9:26 PM
Aggie said...: After all that hopeful disaster prediction, it was resolved in the second vote a few minutes after the first. I wonder why nobody trusts the news media.; 1/3/25, 10:34 PM
Readering said...: 2023 anyone?; 1/3/25, 11:31 PM
Rocco said...: Hassayamper said
“The best we can reasonably hope for, I suppose.”

So, he’s the best man for the job!; 1/4/25, 5:43 AM
Rocco said...: Kakistos the Kakiposter said...
"There's something very wrong with those people who see compromises in a democracy as a bad thing."

Chamberlain compromised on the Sudetenland for the sake of "peace for our time".; 1/4/25, 5:54 AM
psavich said...: Since when did the election of the Speaker become a media event? The Speaker has no constitutional duties and has only the authority that a majority of the house gives him/her. Some historical sources suggest that the speaker was intended to be a neutral presiding officer over house debates, and nothing else.; 1/4/25, 6:02 AM
Hugh said...: I did I get a little caught up in this, given the Republicans ability to shoot themselves in the foot a la when McCarthy was booted and it took days to agree to a replacement. The implications of not being able to have a Speaker at The beginning of a term are big, so it was important and that’s probably why he was re-elected. As for the alleged squishiness of Mr. Johnson, when the Dems control the Presidency and the Senate there’s only so much you can do. Now that the Repubs control Congress and (soon) the Presidency) it will be different, but lacking a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate again there is only so much that can be done (except or bills that can be passed through Reconciliation and Supreme Court nominees). And that’s not counting the super-slim majority in the House with any number of grandstanders in the conference. It’s easy to posture, or alternatively push for the perfect instead of the merely good (and achievable), when you’d in the minority. When the government is on your shoulders it has different implications.; 1/4/25, 6:29 AM
Mark said...: Sounds like you've become vastly more resistant to Trump's constant BS, e.g. "unprecedented."; 1/4/25, 8:22 AM
Tina Trent said...: Well, it does matter. It matters enormously in terms of how Congress makes decisions. But it doesn’t matter any other ways. So gauge how lucky or above luck you are to depend on those decisions in your financial, personal safety, free speech and equality rights.

That’s all.; 1/4/25, 6:44 PM
Tina Trent said...: Yes,; 1/4/25, 6:45 PM
Readering said...: Since Newt; 1/5/25, 11:21 AM