It remains utterly, desperately pathetic that it's a tense, knife-edge question whether Rs can *elect a fucking Speaker* four days into the new Congress.
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Kevin appears to be gaining the flippable holdouts Rs hoped to gain.
If that's enough, a feeble, bloodied Kevin staggers across the line as an ineffectual Speaker.
If it's not enough, WTF do they do next?
@ReneeVoiceBrand A lovely thought, but not one that will occur to them.
@RationalLeft he's earned whatever happens next, dammit.
@VolleyB He is *probably* going to be Speaker by the end of the day - just barely.
There will not have been such a weak, ineffectual Speaker since the 1850s.
@RationalLeft he's earned every bit of ineffectual power
@RationalLeft Resign and allow the adult Americans in Congress (Democrats) to govern.