So apparently Kevin did lose this round, despite many pickups from the tantruming maniacs (who he bought off by promising to give them disproportionate power in his tiny majority).
Rs are excited that they might be able to finish it on the 13th or 14th ballot. Losers.
@RationalLeft My guess is the donors and military hawks had enough of their sh*t and told these holdouts to do what they're told and put McCarthy in as speaker or they lose their donor $$$.
@ReneeVoiceBrand That's plausible, although the hawks are furious about some of the concessions he made to the pro-Putin MAGA isolationists.
So we may see cross-party deals to bypass the nuts on national security... and discharge petitions if Kevin lets the maggots veto things reaching the floor.
@RationalLeft Excellent points!