With the House adjourning for the day without selecting a speaker, Republicans and Rep. Kevin McCarthy have a lot of things to consider, CNN’s Abby Phillip and Dana Bash said.
Bash noted how while Republican members such as Rep. Chip Roy, who has been more vocal about specific asks that may sway their vote toward a specific speaker nominee, others have been more vague and performative.
If the asks and goals were more clear, maybe the vote would have been more clear-cut, Bash said.
Phillip highlighted how McCarthy’s initial package of rules changes catered to those who were a hard “no” against him — and that now that the House has adjourned a new rule package for a broader group may be more helpful to move votes for McCarthy or a new nominee altogether.
“I mean, it does strike me that there are probably more Chip Roys, meaning more people who have kind of specific things they still want and maybe if they were talked to again, that there is a path forward in which there is another rules package. That’s more catered to them and less catered to the hard ‘no’ five that might get their votes to move – and I’m not suggesting that those votes would move to McCarthy but somebody has to come up with the rules package that would satisfy those people, too and those votes need to move to someone,” Phillip said.
If members would have more specific conversations, there might be room for compromise, either over McCarthy or a new nominee, she said.
“It’s still a tall hill to climb, not just for McCarthy, but for a compromise figure who we still have not identified,” Phillip added.
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