Ill Portents

By Hubie and Bertie

By normal standards, this should have been a pretty good week for Republicans. After all, the Cook Political Report moved 10 House races in their direction. But somehow, it hasn't turned out that way.

In a wild confluence of events, Liz Cheney was named one of the recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award on the same day that two dudes from The New York Times unveiled an embarrassing audiotape of Kevin McCarthy and Cheney on the phone just after the insurrection of January 6. (And followed up with another tape this morning.) They also promised that there are more tapes to come.

Meanwhile, Marjorie Taylor Greene has testified under oath in a hearing in Atlanta — the result of a lawsuit by a group trying to keep Greene off the ballot in November (see Section 3 of the 14th Amendment). Marge didn't do so well. She "didn't recall" things 370 times, and she told enough lies that the Twitterverse was inspired to promote a new nickname for her: "Perjury Taylor Greene."

And we while we really don't want to even think about it, photos have surfaced of Madison Cawthorn wearing a bra and corset. (We don't object to the lingerie, just to the hypocrisy.)

We're most interested in the state of the GOP House leadership. Rumors are rampant that the McCarthy audiotape was leaked by Elise Stefanik. Republicans in disarray! On the other hand, you can't help but wonder when the citizens of Orange County, Florida, and environs will realize they're on the hook for $2 billion of Disney debt. We cats see swords of Damocles for Republicans everywhere, and we PURR.