scott desjardins, because he is not negotiating and they are having an amicable conversation, and he is not negotiating, and so maybe he has to change the posture, but jim jordan is about to speak, and the expectation is to signal the supporters to support kevin mccarthy, and he is a close ally of mccarthy, and they have developed a close tie over the years, and this is a key source of the alliance between jordan and mccarthy. will jordan say, come vote and tell his six supporters to vote for mccarthy potentially, yes. will that change the math, no. this is still some paperwork is being done, and once that vote is being officially closed, and they will move on to the second vote, and the clerk of the house is about to make an announcement, and we will have the second vote to take place, and the conservatives is going to announce a potentially second nominee, and we will see if that is going to play out, but kevin mccarthy is certainly to fall short, and not expecting to step
that may be different. i imagine the speech he gave on the floor nominating kevin mccarthy shortly ago actually did more to flip more votes for them than kevin mccarthy. it was a slightly different tone than or sort of a broader sounded like a candidate, so perhaps the play is jim jordan but i wouldn t be surprised if it s basically teeing up anyone but kevin. can i say, we should note how ironic it is that two years after the january 6th insurrection jim jordan is a central player in this drama who was the guy who was speaking to the president on january 6th who was referred to the ethnics committee by the january 6th committee for his role, who was rejected for the january 6th committee because of his role and now he s described as a rock star. i accept that description, a rock star on the right, but, man, what a turn of events here.