I know weirdness is the norm in the House GOP caucus, especially in the wake of the Drunk Weepy Oompa-Loompa's quick fade (oh, how I'm going to miss using that nickname!), but few things are weirder to me than the sight of Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) running for Speaker, even if he did get 12 votes for the job earlier this year. Maybe it's because, thanks to Florida's impending new congressional map, he likely won't have a House seat come January 2017, which means, were he to actually win the Speakership, his time with the gavel would be very short. But also because the Florida native has, well, some ties that many in the GOP probably would not want becoming widely known.
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