Kevin McCarthy flipped a lot of votes on the 12th ballot ... just not enough. (via MaddowBlog)
that today would be less awful for him than the last few days. “We’re going to make progress,” the Californian told reporters. He quickly added, “We’re gonna shock you.”, “I don’t know if we get there today, but we’re going to see progress.”
At this point, this is obviously a numbers game for Republican leaders.
Or put another way, only seven House Republicans ended up voting against McCarthy. He'll need to flip at least three of them.
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