of this vote. and it appears, though obviously it is not done yet. that kevin mccarthy may in fact have the votes. steve, can you give us a bit of the history lesson here? compare this to any other time in modern history? any other time in modern history there is none, because the last time the speaker s vote went past one ballots was 1823. but, we will come back to this board. but to put you in some s perspective what the history of this is. you re looking at here, this is every speakers race in history gone past one ballot. we ll put this past today when there were only 11 ballots. so this is the 15th ballots. right here in history is where the speakers race ranks. is the 15th longest and you can see, there for longer than this were all pre civil war. this is gonna finish well shy of a record of 133. but if it does indeed finish here. 15 ballots will be the fifth longest in american history. and we haven t seen this go past the first ballot since back in 1923. there wer
and it appears, though obviously it is not done yet. that kevin mccarthy may in fact have the votes. steve, can you give us a bit of a history lesson here. compare this to any other time in modern history. any other time in modern history there is none because,, the last time the speaker s vote went past one ballot was 1823, but, we will come right back to this, but just to put in some perspective, what the history of this is, you are looking at here, this is every speakers race in history, that s gone past one ballot. we put this together earlier, only 11 ballots, this is the 15th ballot, so right here in history is where the speakers race ranks, this is the fifth longest speakers race in the history of the country, and you can see the four that were longer than this were all pre civil war, this is going to finish well shy of a record of 133 minutes, if it does indeed finish here, 15 ballots will be the fifth longest in american history, and again we haven t seen this go p
john boehner, like paul ryan, they lived under the threat of this motion to vacates the entire time that they were speaker. ultimately, it was part of the reason why they could not persist, leaders of this conference. the conference has shifted even further to the right since then, premade in trump s image and empowered by that. but certainly, he will get the deal that kevin mccarthy and his deputies have made. and continuously look back at that, and wonder, if they haven t given certain things away, you know, at various points in the future, would it have looked different? i think that this is such a seminal moment in the mccarthy speakership legacy if and when we officially get there. let s bring david into this conversation, david, you have been with us, basically every single minute of these last 15 votes. what is your take at this hour? here we are, january 7th. yeah, obviously a lot of things have been said, mccarthy is pulling this out.
entire time that they were speaker. ultimately, it was part of the reason why they could not persist, leaders of this conference. the conference has shifted even further to the right since then, premade in trump s image and empowered by that. but certainly, he will get the deal that kevin mccarthy and his deputies have made. and continuously look back at that, and wonder, if they haven t given certain things away, you know, at various points in the future, would it have looked different? i think that this is such a seminal moment in the mccarthy speakership legacy if and when we officially get there. let s bring david into this conversation, david, you have been with us, basically every single minute of these last 15 votes. what is your take at this hour? here we are, january 7th. yeah, obviously a lot of things have been said, mccarthy is pulling this out. i would say, intriguingly, he s gonna pull this out. with the minority of the house, that actually hasn t been