"Maybe tomorrow morning I will have a post which will clarify this mess. Or not. This is all very depressing. I love this country, and I hate to see this self-destruction happen."
This is a position Kevin has wanted just about forever. And his tenure in that position, might end up being less than a year. Why? We seem to have three parties in Washington right now. We have the Democrats, the Constitutional Republicans, and the Establishment Republicans. Kevin McCarthy is in the last group. Matt Gaetz is in the middle group, and Hakeem Jeffries (et al), are in the first group. Rumor has it that Jefferies has told his caucus to vote against McCarthy. If Gaetz holds his group together, Kevin is toast.
Then what? Another 15 rounds of voting? What happens to the CR? What happens to ANYTHING which is going on in the House right now? I have said this many times before. We are inches away from being ungovernable. At the end of this day, those inches might be replaced by millimeters.
The two names I keep hearing to replace Kevin are Steve Scalice and Tom Emmer. Unfortunately, Scalice is fighting some very serious health problems right now. That might leave Tom Emmer as the last man standing. Now Emmer has already made it known he is a Kevin man and has no interest in the Speaker post. But Tom might be overtaken by events. Personally, I can think of anyone who would want that rat's nest position right now.
Meanwhile, what is going to get done in Washington? Not much. Nobody is leaving. Many want to work until the moment of death. Is the power of the drug in Washington that strong? That retirement is a poor second choice compared to working until your death day. That is what happened to RBG and Feinstein.
Maybe tomorrow morning I will have a post which will clarify this mess. Or not. This is all very depressing. I love this country, and I hate to see this self-destruction happen.
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