Missed the early bird special at the sizzler. so they were getting cantankerous. and mike, who s a friend of mine, came by and said some things, probably in haste, as a lot of us do and probably responded to him in some things, as well. and matt had matt gaetz had asked to review some of those rules before we voted on speaker, and he felt like he wasn t given enough time to do just that. and asked for a little more time. and you can see me later in one of the tapes going like that because i d asked i d asking our leadership to give us a little bit of a break so we could put our heads together and go over some of those things. it was just an unfortunate situation. that s what happens when people are tired and you as you said, it was the 15th ballot
Cantankerous. early bird special at the sizzler. and yet this republican congress vows to quickly forget its family feud and move forward, hoping to use its power to direct its anger in just one direction now, the biden administration. but will mccarthy end up regretting what it took to land the job he has long sought. eva, this was the longest speaker s race since the 1800s. take us through what had to happen for mccarthy to ultimately win. mccarthy had to pick them off one by one, convincing the far right members of his conference that he could do this job by giving them key concessions. some of those concessions include just one member can have the ability to force a vote, trigger a vote that could potentially ourself the speaker. so out the gate, he has weakened his speakership. but also putting members of the
One longtime friend who met mccarthy when he was a young congressional staffer said mccarthy would tell him, quote, i want to be speaker. that led him quickly up the ranks of the house caucus, and made him the face, but not necessarily the brains, behind the young guns. a new generation of republican leaders. that polished group of up and coming republicans had a sweet brand game coming on. eric cantor, the self described leader, paul ryan, the self described thinker, and kevin mccarthy, the strategist. according to a long time congressional reporter who spoke to the new republic, the strategist has a reputation as a, quote, absolutely the biggest star chaser in washington. he s so taken with someone who is a big name. he loves to hobnob with celebrities. no one thinks the guy has any real ideology or real morals. ouch. his first brush with greatness was thwarted by the extreme wing of his caucus and cantankerous republican walter jones woo
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