Kevin McCarthy’s floundering bid for the role augurs more dysfunction in Washington
in November, a contingent of hardline congressmen have banded together to deny their party leader the absolute majority he needs to obtain the speakership.
Without a speaker, the House exists in a primordial, inert state: unable to consider legislation or even formally swear in new members until the question is resolved. The spectacle, reminiscent of a papal conclave minus the smoke, is remarkable: a century-old format of political jockeying, revived. The ultimate outcome—the election of a Republican speaker, whether Mr McCarthy or someone else—is not in doubt.
When the winds shifted, Mr McCarthy took care to do so too. After the attack on the Capitol on January 6th 2021, Mr McCarthy said Mr Trump bore responsibility and told colleagues that the former president ought to resign. Three weeks later he was kowtowing to the kingmaker in Mar-a-Lago, the former president’s Florida estate.
The detractors are ostensibly holding out for reasons of policy. They want any single member to be able to call a vote of no confidence in the speaker, and demand commitments to more hawkish fiscal policy. Parse their words, however, and it is clear that their objections are also deeply personal.
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