Friday, October 9, 2015

Chaos...?

Boehner is holding back tears.

For House Speaker John Boehner, every second of this historic day was special, personally thrilling, politically significant, spiritually fulfilling, and most of all, emotionally overwhelming.
“What a day,” Boehner said, at the end of the first-ever papal address to a joint session of Congress. “What a moment for our country.  … The Holy Father’s visit is surely a blessing for all of us.”

John Boehner announced on Friday, after the pope's visit, that he will resign his position and give up his House seat in October.

House Republicans scrambled Friday to find a suitable alternative to be their next leader, a day after the presumed favorite for the post, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, abruptly dropped his bid for speaker, throwing the caucus and the party into chaos.

Pressure has mounted on Paul Ryan, the popular young Wisconsinite who was his party’s 2012 vice presidential nominee, to heed the call of many of his colleagues, who say he is best suited to mend the fractious divisions within the conference that led to the ouster of Speaker John Boehner and the fall of McCarthy.

On the other side of it, the front runners in the Republican Party's Presidential run are Non Politician.  Donald Trump, Ben Carson and  Fiorina.
So what's happening in the Republican Party?

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