Calmes: McCarthy and the GOP have only themselves to blame for their humiliation (via latimesopinion )
Kevin McCarthy loses his 11th attempt to be elected House speaker, prolonging a standoff. Florida’s Matt Gaetz nominates former President Trump as an alternative.However inconsequential it proved, Trump’s attempt to put his thumb on the speakership scale, and McCarthy’s welcoming of his aid, shattered another political norm.
Along with their slim majority, the radicalism of today’s Republicans spells trouble ahead for governance. And yet, once Republicans win power in Washington, by definition the revolutionaries become the establishment and must compromise to govern. But the radicalized base doesn’t buy it, and the newly powerful eventually are pushed out.
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