McCarthy Showdown
“ Kevin McCarthy has proven more adept at managing his fragile and restive House majority than might have been expected given that it took him a tortuous 15 rounds of balloting to win the speakership.
Yet the California Republican’s turbulent eight months holding the gavel could pale in comparison to the coming stormy fall season from which he is not guaranteed to escape with his job.
The House GOP conference returned to Washington reverberating with demands for the impeachment of President Joe Biden, with a showdown escalating over spending that could split the party and shut down the government.”
Slim coalitions make for difficult leadership positions as Speaker McCarthy is finding out. Well, he already knew this would be the case considering the small majority coalition he leads. The far right factions of his party are hoping for a showdown to try and bring things to a screeching halt to damage his reputation and burnish their own as provocateurs bent on taking down Washington as we know it. There are just a few weeks left to determine who will win, them or McCarthy. Everyone in the nation is watching.
