Kevin McCarthy\u0027s quest for the House speaker\u0027s gavel is a near\u002Dperfect inside\u002Dthe\u002DBeltway story because it\u0027s about pure politics.
McCarthy was never a policy wonk or doctrinaire conservative, he’s a dealmaker and glad-hander, which is why most handicappers expect he’ll figure out how to horse-trade his way into the speakership.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
Even if he agrees to mow the lawn or pick up lunch for every recalcitrant Republican, he’d still have one of the narrowest majorities in history — probably around nine votes, 222-213. That’s the same margin Nancy Pelosi had coming out of the 2020 midterms, but she had a firmer hold on her caucus and a Democratic president and Democratic Senate to help impose and reward discipline.
McCarthy could instead agree to relinquish much of the power the speaker historically never had in the first place. Since 1994, when Newt Gingrich led Republicans to a historic victory, House leadership — under Republicans and Democrats — have neutered committee chairs and suspended “regular order.”
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