Timothy P. Carney is the senior political columnist at the Washington Examiner and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse, The Big Ripoff, and Obamanomics.
Reps. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan are running to be speaker of the House now that Democrats and Rep. Matt Gaetz have successfully ousted Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the position.THE RACE IS ON: WHO COULD REPLACE MCCARTHY AS SPEAKER?
Holding the speakership at the pleasure of Matt Gaetz is not a condition anyone should accept. In fact, the next speaker should make it clear that he’s unwilling to take demands from any tiny rump of the party. “These days, McCarthy has tried to win the speakership by agreeing to rules that are probably bad for the party and for the House.
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