This entire fiasco only goes to show the (former) emperor has no clothes:  First we see the far-right in open rebellion against formerguy's wishes that they put their support behind McCarthy.  Then Lauren Boebert tells formerguy he should tell McCarthy to withdraw from the race.And then last night, on the 10th vote, Gaetz actually formally nominated formerguy to be speaker.  During his floor speech, he passionately praised the alleged achievements of the former guy and said that's why he's proud to nominate the guy for Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Then one woman (? Boebert?) clapped eagerly from the rebel ranks - FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND, before she realized she was the only one clapping.  Then she stopped, and there was dead silence.  You could have heard a pin drop in that chamber.And then there was the vote.  The former guy got exactly 1 vote, from the plastic congressman who nominated him.  The eager clapper didn't vote for him.  None of the other 20 rebels voted for him.  Nobody else in the entire chamber was willing to entertain the notion of having Mr. Chaos preside over their business.  On that, there was overwhelming bipartisan agreement.I think this could signal a sea change.  It is my hope that McCarthy turns leftward to make concessions necessary to win some Democratic support.  Perhaps the emerging center of power is from the center.

This entire fiasco only goes to show the (former) emperor has no clothes:  First we see the far-right in open rebellion against formerguy's wishes that they put their support behind McCarthy.  Then Lauren Boebert tells formerguy he should tell McCarthy to withdraw from the race.And then last night, on the 10th vote, Gaetz actually formally nominated formerguy to be speaker.  During his floor speech, he passionately praised the alleged achievements of the former guy and said that's why he's proud to nominate the guy for Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Then one woman (? Boebert?) clapped eagerly from the rebel ranks - FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND, before she realized she was the only one clapping.  Then she stopped, and there was dead silence.  You could have heard a pin drop in that chamber.And then there was the vote.  The former guy got exactly 1 vote, from the plastic congressman who nominated him.  The eager clapper didn't vote for him.  None of the other 20 rebels voted for him.  Nobody else in the entire chamber was willing to entertain the notion of having Mr. Chaos preside over their business.  On that, there was overwhelming bipartisan agreement.I think this could signal a sea change.  It is my hope that McCarthy turns leftward to make concessions necessary to win some Democratic support.  Perhaps the emerging center of power is from the center.

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