It’s still an open question as to who will be the next House speaker, but no matter who wins, one thing is for certain: Kevin McCarthy will lose.
He isn’t associated with any notable policy objectives, unlike Paul Ryan or Newt Gingrich. In a party that demands orthodoxy, his politics are malleable and transactional. He isn’t a leader who projects confidence or ideological consistency but rather a follower of the prevailing political winds.Nowhere was that truer than during the Jan. 6 insurrection and its aftermath. McCarthy’s life and the lives of his staff members were threatened by the mob that invaded the Capitol that day.
At this point, it’s worth asking why McCarthy would even want the job. Better to step aside and save himself — and the country — from this ever-growing mess. But considering McCarthy’s singular ambition in life is to be speaker of the House, he has no Plan B, either. And so the drama on Capitol Hill appears to have no end in sight.
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