With Rep. Kevin McCarthy finally winning a ballot for House speaker, after so many humiliating delays, it is important to understand why his “victory” no longer matters much and probably never did. The Beltway narrative that positions him as a symbol of “governing” and his erstwhile opponents as isolated agents of chaos is badly mistaken. The Republican Party, at least as constituted in the House of Representatives, is today a vector of nihilism. Its stated […]

McCarthy Is No ‘Mainstream Moderate’
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