Left scratching like the rest of us.
With the exit of Representative and now-former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from center-stage, and his vow not to seek the seat again – possibly a lie – who will be stuck with Excedrin headache #9 next?
That’ll depend on the strength of the allegiance of the ordinary House GOP member. If it’s strong enough, the Freedom Caucus which deposed McCarthy, with it must be said the overwhelming support of the House Democrats, can nominate and run one of its own. Indeed, Ringleader Gaetz may wish to consider being the Speaker himself, as that might permit the squelching of an Ethics Committee investigation that endangers his position.
But if that allegiance isn’t strong enough, then either moderate GOP members of the House will need to make common cause with the Democrats, thereby enraging the Freedom Caucus again, or the House will have to limp along, accomplishing virtually nothing, until early January of … 2025. Unless the debt ceiling crisis scheduled for roughly forty days from now really scrambles the power dynamic.
My money’s on nearly a year and a half of being crippled.
Will the entire Freedom Caucus be primaried for the next election? Or will the ordinary citizens of those districts be pleased that their Representatives have crippled the Federal government, thereby endangering national security?
