Steve Scalise is no longer in consideration for Speaker of the House. The media is all pants-on-fire about this, but couldn’t it also indicate that the rational core(?) of Republicans are simply taking their time and holding out for someone capable who can fill the position?
Maybe it doesn’t indicate this at all, and there are probably a lot of back room discussions going on, but the media aren’t helping. They dramatize and intensify, they armchair quarterback, jump on the worst-case-scenario bandwagon, call the Republican Party rudderless and in disarray– and they certainly are to a great extent. But maybe in this instance they’re actually trying to get it right?
And Kevin—don’t get any ideas!
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