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Republicans Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise
launch House speakership bid
The Guardian| Martin Pengelly & Joan E. Greve
October 4, 2023
Jim Jordan of Ohio and Steve Scalise of Louisiana announced Wednesday they would seek to succeed Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the US House of Representatives after the Californian was brutally removed by his own Republican party on Tuesday.
Jordan is chair of the powerful judiciary committee, while Scalise is the majority leader. Both had been named as potential successors to McCarthy, and they confirmed their intentions to run for the top house job a day after the speakership was declared vacant. Read more
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Fate of House GOP leadership throws Congress into chaos
NPR | Claudia Grisales, Deidre Walsh & Lexie Schapitl
October 4, 2023
The U.S. House of Representatives remains virtually frozen as Republican tumult fuels scrambled plans over who could take over leadership of the lower chamber.
Republican members huddled in meeting after meeting on Wednesday with potential candidates for speaker talking to the different factions of the party.
"There's scenarios where this could be going on for weeks," Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., told reporters steps off the House floor amid the competing meetings. Read more
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Former Florida Senate President Gaetz is
seeking a return to the legislature
Don Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who served in the Senate from 2006 to 2016, is seeking a return to the Legislature as his son, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, makes waves in Washington, D.C.
NPR | Jim Turner
October 3, 2023
Former state Senate President Don Gaetz is seeking to return to the Legislature and his son makes waves in Washington, D.C.
Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who served in the Senate from 2006 to 2016, including as president during the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions, said Monday he was filing paperwork to run next year in the Panhandle's Senate District 1. Read more
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Neither Party Well-Liked, but GOP
Holds Advantage on Issues
Gallup | Lydia Saad
October 3, 2023
The two major political parties remain unpopular in the U.S., with 56% of Americans viewing the Republican Party unfavorably and 58% saying the same of the Democratic Party.
Although both parties are about equally disliked, the public chooses the Republican Party over the Democratic Party by healthy margins when asked which will better safeguard the nation's prosperity and security.
- Fifty-three percent of Americans believe the Republican Party will do a better job of keeping the country prosperous over the next few years, whereas 39% choose the Democratic Party.
- A slightly larger majority, 57% have greater faith in the Republican Party to protect the country from international terrorism and military threats, while 35% favor the Democrats.
The latest results are from a Sept. 1-23 Gallup poll in which more than eight in 10 Americans disapprove of the job the politically divided Congress is doing, close to six in 10 disapprove of President Joe Biden's job performance and nearly three-quarters feel pessimistic about the direction of the economy. Read more
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Trump, DeSantis and others balk at future Republican debates, with competing calls to change or cancel them
The RNC is facing a series of tests of its ability to wrangle the candidates
ABC News | Hannah Demissie & Isabella Murray
October 3, 2023
The Republican National Committee is facing a series of tests of its ability to wrangle the 2024 presidential field into participating in or complying with the party's requirements for the primary debate process.
The growing outcry underlines the push among some of the White House hopefuls and their aides to winnow down the crowded field so that a clear alternative to Donald Trump can emerge -- while Trump, still the early front-runner in polling, now argues that debates should cease entirely so the party can focus on the general election next fall. Read more
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North Dakota state senator, his wife
and 2 kids killed in Utah plane crash
Associated Press | Jack Dura & Mead Gruver
October 2, 2023
A state senator from North Dakota, his wife, and their two young children died when the small plane they were traveling in crashed soon after a refueling stop in Utah, a Senate leader said Monday.
Doug Larsen's death was confirmed Monday in an email that Republican Senate Majority Leader David Hogue sent to his fellow senators and was obtained by The Associated Press.
The plane crashed Sunday evening shortly after taking off from Canyonlands Airfield about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of the desert recreation town of Moab, according to a Grand County Sheriff's Department statement posted on Facebook. The sheriff's office said the senator was the pilot and all four people on board the plane were killed. Read more
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Meet the former union boss who is Gavin Newsom's Senate replacement for the late Dianne Feinstein
Laphonza Butler, president of progressive EMILY's List,
previously led local SEIU chapter
Fox News | Houston Keene
October 2, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, appointed a Democratic strategist and former labor union boss to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Sunday.
Newsom tapped Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY's List - a Democratic political action committee (PAC) dedicated to electing pro-abortion Democratic women to office for the vacant Senate Seat.
Butler's EMILY's List biography had her residence listed as Silver Spring, Maryland, earlier Sunday evening, but it was removed from the profile shortly after it was announced she would be appointed to the position. An FEC filing from Aug.31 also showed a Maryland address. Read more
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Democratic lawmaker falsely claims House Republicans tried to 'provide themselves with a pay raise'
GOP Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia responded by reading aloud the 27th Amendment to the Constitution
Fox News | Kyle Morris
September 30, 2023
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., falsely accused House Republicans of attempting to "provide themselves with a pay raise" Saturday as she objected to a stopgap spending bill before ultimately voting for the measure.
DeLauro said there were "many changes" between the bill that was offered in the House and the version that was offered in the Senate, with one being a pay increase for those serving in Congress.
"Here is one that I believe the majority will not mention," DeLauro said. "They amend the Senate bill to give themselves a pay raise. A pay raise. It's there. You can look at me, you can smile but what you did was you amended the Senate bill to give yourselves a pay raise." Read more
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Republican presidential candidates use TikTok and Taylor Swift to compete for young voters
CBS News | Emma Nicholson
September 29, 2023
By 2024, Gen-Z and millennials - anyone born between 1981 and 2012 - will likely make up about 49% of the voting population. Young voters historically lean towards Democrats, but Republican presidential candidates have been trying to make inroads ahead of next year's GOP primaries.
Biotech CEO Vivek Ramaswamy is using social media to appeal to younger voters. Although he used to call the Chinese-owned app TikTok "digital fentanyl" over fears China is using the app to spy on the U.S., he became the first Republican presidential candidate to join TikTok, and now, he posts regularly. Read more
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WG Discussion Points: Is The Media Headed
For Another Polling Blunder in 2024?
WG Discussion Points | David Winston
September 29, 2023
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The new Washington Post-ABC survey showed Trump leading Biden by 10 among registered voters and 9 among adults, a lead that is beyond belief to even the most optimistic of Trump supporters. It's a real possibility that Biden could lose, but that poll is clearly an outlier as even ABC admitted. The Post-ABC poll showed Trump leading among younger voters (ages 18 to 39) by 19 points, 55-36; independents by 13 points, 52-39; and men by 30 points, 62-32. WG Discussion Points, September 29, 2023.pdf |
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