Kagro in the Morning - October 17, 2023

<p>Today on <em>KITM</em>, <strong>David Waldman</strong> and<strong>Joan McCarter</strong> count down the days <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/17/2199846/-Kagro-in-the-Morning-is-LIVE-at-9-AM-ET" target="_blank" rel="noopener">until the government shutdown</a>, which if Jim Jordan <a href= "https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-set-vote-speaker-heres-040859614.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gets to be</a> House Speaker <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jimmy-fallon-hits-house-lawmakers-with-a-depressingly-true-zinger/ar-AA1ilnfi?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=ba71305f65724591ae288ebc1f7798e4&ei=10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will be assured</a>, if we <a href= "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/republicans-same-embarrassing-admission-seth-091546301.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">make it that far</a>.</p> <p><a href= "https://dnyuz.com/2023/10/17/the-apotheosis-of-jim-jordan-is-a-sight-to-behold/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ruptured, rudderless</a> Republicans <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/13/2199137/-Rudderless-Republicans-face-dire-choice-in-Jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">don’t really want to go</a> with Jordan, but that <a href= "https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4259370-senate-gop-warms-to-idea-of-speaker-jordan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seems to be</a> the <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/16/2199771/--Moderate-House-Republicans-folding-like-cheap-tents-for-insurrectionist-Jordan-s-speaker-bid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">direction that</a> they<a href= "https://www.yahoo.com/news/mccarthy-speaker-race-feel-very-171701997.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> are heading</a>. (With their <a href= "https://www.axios.com/2023/10/17/jim-jordan-pressure-campaign-house-speaker-votes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hearts and minds</a> <a href= "https://www.axios.com/2023/10/17/jim-jordan-pressure-campaign-house-speaker-votes" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>in <a href= "https://www.phrase