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The next speaker 'will face an ungovernable party and House'
First, Boehner, then Ryan, then McCarthy. “Rest assured,” says Norman Ornstein, an authority on the US Congress, “it will happen again!”
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The Democrats were entitled to punish bad Republican behavior
They have saved the Republicans from themselves for long enough.
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With McCarthy out, Democrats finish GOP’s civil-war battle
Historic vote to toss speaker may signal end of an era during which Democrats cleaned up after Republicans for more than a decade.
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Most of the Republicans seem relieved that Kevin McCarthy turned to the Democrats for help
Rare consensus on the real source of dysfunction in the Congress.
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He has to hurt his own to get his own to stand up to their own
The Republican insurgents won’t be appeased by McCarthy or anyone.
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Why McCarthy denied Zelensky’s request to address the Congress
Ukraine has become a stand-in for the larger fight for the White House.
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McCarthy can’t keep tap-dancing
He's sacrificing his power.
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Kevin McCarthy caves and caves, then he caves some more
Like all abusers, his conference keeps moving the standard on him.
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The GOP can’t stop won’t stop hating the poor for their poverty
With the debt-ceiling deal, the poor will suffer twice as much.
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With their debt ceiling bill, the House Republicans reveal they have no reason to be serious about playing a dangerous game
This is not some sort of Svengalian victory for Kevin McCarthy.
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As they attack the prosecutor, just say what the Republicans mean, not what they say
Make them deny it.
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The Republican Party's magic words have lost their magic
It's why Biden is like no Democratic president in our lifetimes.