The recent fight over the speakership proved the point yet again: Today’s Republican Party is driven by egos and power rivalries, not ideas. The GOP once had ideas lots of them. The problem was that they were unpopular and bad.
A once-in-a-century string of futility for Republican Kevin McCarthy, who's now lost repeated votes in his bid to lead the U.S. House of Representatives, could be a preview of how the next two years will play out. We all have reason to pay attention.