Jordan flames out; House Republicans need a clown bus at this point

From CBSNews -

GOP drops Jim Jordan as House speaker nominee after he loses 3rd vote

House Republicans voted to drop Rep. Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker after he failed to win a majority three times this week, sending the party back to the drawing board and leaving the House leaderless for at least three more days.

The House Republican Conference gathered for a closed-door meeting Friday afternoon, where they voted by secret ballot on whether Jordan should remain the nominee. Eighty-six members said Jordan should stay in the race, and 112 said he shouldn't, according to lawmakers who were in the room.

The race is on to supplant Jordan as the R nominee for speaker.  They'll need either a clown bus or will have to hope their clown car has an extended back seat.

From Axios -

Flood of GOP lawmakers hits the House speaker race

A large group of House GOP lawmakers announced on Friday they are interested in running for speaker, setting up a raucous closed-door meeting on Monday.

Why it matters: Hostilities between GOP factions have escalated since the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, followed by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) bowing out of the race and the conference voting to remove Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as nominee.

As of Friday evening, the following House Republicans had officially announced bids for speaker or expressed interest in the role.

• House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.)
• House Republican Vice Conference Chair Mike Johnson (R-La.)
• Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hern (R-Okla.)
• House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas)
• House Small Business Chair Roger Williams (R-Texas)
• Reps. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.)
• Pete Sessions (R-Texas)
• Jack Bergman (R-Mich.)
• Austin Scott (R-Ga.)
• Dan Meuser (R-Pa.)

Personally, I still they should vote for Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries.

They'll each have a different reason, but all of the Rs will hate him equally.

Which won't happen. 

If the Rs decide to hate-vote for Speaker, it'll probably be for Matt Gaetz, whose ego drew them into this mess.