As House Republicans apparently will vote on a Speaker tomorrow, let's do a quick recap of the last five of their guys who held the job.
Newt Gingrich — Run out of office by his own party after a disappointing 1998 midterm election and his own scandals.
Dennis Hastert — Sent to prison for child molestation.
John Boehner — Resigned from Congress in 2015 after butting heads with the nutcases in his caucus.
Paul Ryan — Declined to run for re-election in 2018 after, you guessed it, butting heads with the nutcases.
Kevin McCarthy — Torpedoed by the nutcases in 2023.
So tomorrow, are they really going to elect the insurrectionist known as Gym Jordan, who — holy Hastert, Batman! — allegedly turned a blind eye to sexual molestation at Ohio State? GOP pooh-bahs who care about raising money are nervous. Fund raising, at least, was the one thing McCarthy was good at. Jordan, not so much. Republicans have whispered on background to journalists that Gym "could be a liability in key swing districts and turn off major donors." Yup.
Giving Gym the gavel will be a huge political problem for a party that has major headaches already: They're saddled with a probable 2024 nominee who has multiple indictments but who's rigged the primary-state rules in his favor, so they're stuck. Infighting has taken over in state parties across the country. And the post-Dobbs fallout just isn't stopping. We cats would rather be us than them, and we PURR.
(IMAGE: Nick Anderson, Daily Kos)
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