> 1) Given our political climate, no one wants to vote for the other party to be speaker. It would be political suicide in a primary Well, I'm not positive of

> 1) Given our political climate, no one wants to vote for the other party to be speaker. It would be political suicide in a primary Well, I'm not positive of that since the primary would be a long ways away. Remember how bad of a look for Biden leaving Afghanistan was and how little anybody talks about it now? And also sometimes politicians switch parties [1] so voting for the party you switched to sounds like a great way to drum up support. > With all of that, I'm not convinced that the concessions are that big of a deal. Afaik, the concessions are mostly just setting up ground-work so that the recipients can further their political career faster. Which technically is also good for the constituents as they should get more pork. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Van_Drew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Van_Drew