ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - John Hancock and Michael Kelley joined Total Information A.M. Friday right before their show 'Hancock and Kelley' to discuss the top political stories of the week.
Hancock and Kelley discuss the search for Speaker of the House after House Majority Leader and Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise (R) dropped out of the running for the spot. Scalise and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan are the only people to put forth their name into the running for the job.
"It's complete dysfunction," Hancock, "Clearly not enough members care about the institution or the (Republican) Party. I don't know how this is going to get the resolve."
Hancock thinks it is highly unlikely Jordan would win the job, and he believes there could be a scenario where Democrat Representatives could help in the vote.
"Maybe there's going to have to be a bipartisan agreement where some Democrats come over and support a Republican Speaker Choice," said Hancock, "Obviously there will some concessions."
Hancock says that the Republican conference in Washington, D.C., is ungovernable and finds it hard to get 217 Republicans all in agreement over something.
"Can you get 217 people to unite behind somebody?" said Hancock, "When you got a handful of people who just don't care, I think it's a tall order."
Hancock and Kelley also talked about the Israel-Gaza conflict and one thought came in the mind of Kelley when asked about their concerns of the conflict.
"World War III," said Kelley when asked about his concerns, "It sure feels like we're headed towards something. You sit and watch what's happening with the Israeli and you can't help but think 'Hey I'm with them'. At the same time, it could be the start of World War III."
Hancock says he's concerned that the conflict could escalate and involved other countries in the region like Syria and Iran.
"Syria is a wild card actor, Iran is clearly an enemy of Israel," said Hancock, "This conflict could escalate and if it does, what does that mean for the United States? Do things start linking up between Ukraine and the Middle East? That could be an obvious concern."
