Would-be Speaker McCarthy can learn from predecessors' struggles for the big gavel

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McCarthy is likely to win the House Speaker role on Jan. 3. But managing the majority – and achieving its legislative and political goals — is another matter.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Washington, DC.Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Most immediately on that January day, Gingrich was still battling a House Ethics Committee case regarding his unreported outside income. Several members of the Republican majority had bailed out, saying they would not vote for Gingrich again. But it was a sobering moment for the man some had hailed as the GOP's Moses after he led the party out of 40 years in the wilderness of minority status. It foretold some of the problems he would have within his own party later in the 105Gingrich's eventual successor, Dennis Hastert of Illinois, won four terms as Speaker with narrow majority margins but minimal drama.

Thereafter, Boehner worked hard at relationships both with Obama's White House and the Democratic majority in the Senate. Known for his affability and working-class origins, Boehner might have been the Republican best equipped for the political tasks he faced – which were much like those facing the new Speaker in 2023.

Ryan was subsequently elected by the full House in October 2015 with 236 votes, an absolute majority of the members. Two years later he was re-elected with only member of the Republican majority dissenting. By way of explanation, Duberstein said"litmus-test Republicans" who focused on single issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage or taxes made it impossible for anyone to be an effective Speaker.

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