I’m writing partially in response to this diary. There is no way any Republican is going to vote for Jeffries or any Dem for Speaker right after they won the majority. However, I respect the boldness of that idea, and I am *really* tired of the popcorn memes from Democratic Congress Critters as if their only goal is to get a few more clicks on Twitter.
Dems are missing an historic opportunity and once again throwing away the power they were given by the electorate if they do not work with a few moderate Rs to get an acceptable Speaker. And since no Dem is going to be elected, why not work to elect a Republican who could destroy the MAGA movement? Liz Cheney could end all thoughts of pointless and endless committees over Hunter Biden’s laptop and would probably even extend the 1/6 committee. Dems could probably make a deal with her to end holding the debt limit hostage. And she may just be pissed off enough about being removed from leadership that she would even remove nut cases like Gym Jordan from the Judiciary Committee, remove Greene and Boebert from all committees, and send Santos off to an ethics investigation and probably jail.
Cheney has nothing to lose from a coalition with Dems and everything to gain, propelling her right back to the top of national politics and leadership.
Sorry for the quick hit, but I was already in bed when I decided I should turn a couple comments into a diary to hopefully spur more discussion around this.