Silly Putty

I don't think there is a single person in that room that can get 217 votes.  People are starting to realize that Kevin McCarthy kept this thing together with duct tape and silly putty.  And it's not as easy as they think.

-- Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) on the difficulties the Republican party is having electing a new Speaker of the House of Representatives, which office has now been vacant for 16 days, Politico.com, "House GOP drowning as crisis reaches breaking point", 19 October 2023