Analysis: Even as the U.S. House was descending into chaos, the Pennsylvania House showed how moderate Republicans can join with Democrats to pick a speaker.
The dynamics aren’t quite the same. While very narrow, the U.S. House GOP’s majority is larger , meaning Democrats need more than one or two Republican defectors. There is also no imminent Democratic majority around the corner — a factor which undoubtedly helped persuade some Pennsylvania Republicans to go along with choosing a moderate while they could.in Pennsylvania in 2007
— because the stakes are lower and independence from your party is more common. Republicans voting for a Democrat would be pretty unfathomable at the federal level; it would be tantamount to those members sacrificing their political careers. But that doesn’t foreclose the possibility of enough congressional Republicans joining with Democrats to pick a moderatespeaker, as happened in Ohio. That would be a somewhat easier sell for Republicans in competitive districts; they could argue that Congress deadlocked on the speaker vote, and they did what it took to get the chamber in motion.
All of that said, that outcome seems more plausible than it did 24 hours ago. And at this point, it would be political malpractice if Democrats weren’t at least exploring the possibilityHouse Republican leader Kevin McCarthy continues his quest to become speaker after falling short Tuesday on three straight ballots.
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