Scalise Quits

Timothy Birdnow

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Rep. Steve Scalise drops out of House speaker race - ABC News

FTA:

Scalise, who announced his bid for the speakership a little more than a week ago after McCarthy's ouster, seemed to lash out at his opposition, telling reporters that "there are still some people that have their own agendas" -- not the country's.

"This country is counting on us to come back together. This House of Representatives needs a speaker, and we need to open up the House again."

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, who lost a tight secret ballot to Scalise on Wednesday 113-99, emerged from the closed-door conference meeting Thursday night, predicting that Republicans will come together around one candidate for speaker on Friday.

"I think that'll happen tomorrow as we go through the process, but that's tomorrow at 10,” Jordan, R-Ohio, told reporters as he left the meeting. "Any type of announcement about what may or may not happen -- I think that’s best done tomorrow."

Scalise's decision comes just one day after he narrowly won the party's nominationin a private ballot at the Capitol, besting Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Earlier Thursday, Scalise met with House Republicans in a closed-door session. Following the hourslong meeting, Scalise didn't appear to have the 217 votes to become speaker and began the process of meeting with holdouts.

On Thursday night, Scalise said, "There's still schisms that have to get resolved," but he is content remaining House Majority Leader -- the No. 2 Republican in the House.

Scalise probably would have been McCarthy 2.0 and now we may yet get Jim Jordan.

I doubt we are getting the whole story here. And this also shows Scalise isn't a fighter.

This could be a very good thing.

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