It has now been more than twenty days since Kevin McCarthy was booted from the Speaker’s chair, shattering all previous records for such a vacancy. While pretty much every member of the House Republican caucus has been talking about the urgent need to seat a replacement, nobody seems to have any sort of plan for how to do that. We’ve been through two stages where members were telling reporters that they were “confident” the job would be filled in short order, once with Steve Scalise and another with Jim Jordan. Both efforts resulted in multiple failed votes, with the proposed nominees eventually giving up in disgust. The latest effort opened the doors to anyone who could be convinced to take the job. Rather than one leading candidate, we wound up with nine, at least until last night. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania dropped out after failing to perform well in a secret ballot. But don’t worry… I’m sure this will be finished by tomorrow. Again. (NY Post)Read More
And Then There Were Eight
