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.
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?
@RationalLeft he's earned whatever happens next, dammit.
@RationalLeft he's earned every bit of ineffectual power