He had a hilarious bit about the maneuvering to not become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. I have not been watching his new show but it looks like the set-piece monologue segments like this are exactly like the ones he used to do on his old show and that is a good thing. The one difference is that he no longer has to act like a right wing nutter.
Al Dente says
Much as I dislike and distrust Paul Ryan, his friend had a valid reason for Ryan not wanting the Speakership.
julian says
Maybe they’ll finally realize deliberately destroying every government office and service isn’t a sustainable plan for keeping power.
machintelligence says
And to think that I was worried about what the Republicans would do when they had control of both houses. Wasted effort, I guess.
Chris J says
The house speaker doesn’t have to be a Republican, right? It just usually is because everybody votes on party lines? Maybe a Democrat is the only speaker that will be able to fully unite the house Republicans.
Reginald Selkirk says
Technically, the speaker doesn’t even have to be a member of the House of Representatives. So they could elect Darth Vader or Voldemort.
Reginald Selkirk says
Apparently Darth Vader and Voldemort were unavailable.
Tom Cotton endorses Dick Cheney for Speaker of the House