It's been said that one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That certainly seemed to be the case yesterday as 3 separate votes in the U.S. House of Representatives failed to deliver the Speakership to Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Actually, the results
did change, and not in his favor. Perhaps we should reclassify that as the definition of desperation.
This has rarely happened in U.S. history (exceptions being 1855, 1923, and 1997-98). As one writer put it,
The House Republican Circular Firing Squad Over Who Will Be Speaker Is a Vision of Things to Come:
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