My Take on the Republican Snub of the MAGAts Yesterday [View all]

[MineralMan]

This week will be very interesting, as the small group of MAGA House members takes their shot at kicking the Speaker off his job. Republicans, in the majority, said no to the MAGAts yesterday. They were joined, rightfully, by Democrats to put a stop to the shutdown of the Federal government.

Now, the real fun begins. They're going to try to remove McCarthy as Speaker this week. How's that going to work? Here's what I think:

First, they'll bring the question of forcing McCarthy to vacate his seat. The MAGATs will scream and whine. If the rest of the Republicans decide that's not what should happen, enough Democratic House members will join them in voting to keep McCarthy on the job. Why? Because that is the best result that can happen. The Democrats who vote that way should not be lambasted by Democrats. We need the House to be a viable legislative body, which it can only be if the Speaker is someone who is willing to defy the MAGATs on really crucial issues, like McCarthy did with the continuing resolution.

The result for Republicans will be chaos, but a reduced level of chaos. If what I think will happen does happen, the far right wing in the House is just about to lose its hold on Republican members. They're all running in 2024, and are beginning to realize that the far right does not represent most Republicans in their districts. They are vulnerable, in at least enough districts to return the majority to the Democrats. If they back the right-wing, they will lose in enough districts to make that happen.

They're trying desperately to hang onto their phony baloney jobs. In the end, it's not going to work. Enough Democrats will flip enough seats to regain the majority.

Bottom line is that this nonsense may well be the thing that finally destroys the GOP. I dearly hope so. We should let them duke it out among themselves, and do whatever is needed to keep the conflict alive. If that means voting to Keep McCarthy on the job, so be it.