{"id":1795466,"date":"2023-01-05T06:34:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795466"},"modified":"2023-01-05T06:34:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:34:59","slug":"the-gop-fight-over-house-speaker-doesnt-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gop-fight-over-house-speaker-doesnt-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"The GOP Fight Over House Speaker Doesn\u2019t Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-gop-fight-over-house-speaker-doesnt-matter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/51719831969_a79b6a14b8_o.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>After three rounds on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy did not secure the 218 votes needed to be elected Speaker of the House. It was the first occasion in a century that multiple ballots were cast. Now, \u201cfight spills into a second chaotic day,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mccarthy-faces-difficult-day-confirms-110226242.html?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAK1vhIl1KCezGLxNNFYBU4GeqDMZ6Nb4CuYbSRzoB_IK6Fvp-y8Xiezm4OxvnXwKIsQr6c8JwUDXMvrTK7wgP1aS-r_XJOjK0eCPU9ljjX3pd1cxJ7vW3iY1FZSXTpEBDgMGfOg4oAWHdLWMHrYQms7Lwk3oIaoJwYZ2ypJZJ990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notes<\/a> ABC News. There\u2019s <em>a lot<\/em> Washington is buzzing with excitement \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because the GOP takes a few more days to get their leadership vote, it is unlikely that any of the zero voters will have a change in their worldviews or political affiliations. There is nothing particularly. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/03\/opinions\/gop-battle-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-filipovic\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dysfunctional<\/a>\u201d About disagreeing with the question. McCarthy isn\u2019t an admiral or preordained by the Lord to be speaker, so this isn\u2019t \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/03\/mccarthy-house-speaker-votes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mutiny<\/a>,\u201d it\u2019s just a vote. A battle for leadership is a better example of democratic dynamics than traditional lockstepping. This kind of parliamentary fight is normal in most democratic countries.<\/p>\n<p>However the vote ends up, though, it won\u2019t matter much because neither side in this battle has anything special or particularly consequential to offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about saving the country and getting somebody that\u2019s going to cut and get us on a financial path of solvency,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mccarthy-enters-day-two-uncertainty-house-resumes-speaker-votes-rcna64154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claims<\/a> McCarthy supporter Ralph Norman. Guess what? Kevin McCarthy isn\u2019t Henry Clay. He possesses no extraordinary skill or vision that makes him uniquely qualified to stop the Democrats\u2019 next spending bill, much less \u201csave\u201d The country.\u00a0Insufferable is the ingenuity and sanctimony displayed by politicians who believe that the world needs their skills. You can venerate the middling House members by becoming a Democrat, and throwing your hosannas at Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are more dependent on their ability to be competent than ever. The American people voted to split government power \u2014 again. The House Republicans&#8217; governing mandate is to control the executive branch. With a slim House majority, and the Senate and presidency in the hands of Democrats, the only requisite skill needed in a speaker is the ability to corral the party\u2019s factions to stop the opposition. How will you achieve consensus in a partisan vote to become a leader?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t accommodate a small group that essentially has you hostage, and that\u2019s what\u2019s going on here \u2014 we\u2019re not going to do it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mccarthy-enters-day-two-uncertainty-house-resumes-speaker-votes-rcna64154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says<\/a> Don Bacon is a McCarthy booster. Sure you can. This isn\u2019t the papacy. Is there a conservative in the House who has the basic ability to bring the party together? McCarthy could go back to his roots as a congressman or a lobbyist, and the country would be exactly the same as it was before he left. McCarthy is as competent as any other member of Congress. However, he&#8217;s not as good as anyone in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>But what is the point? It&#8217;s not clear to me. Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, and Lauren Boebert do not have a competing legislative agenda. McCarthy has gone to great lengths to placate his party&#8217;s nuts. McCarthy is a normal person who would not want to have to deal with these people. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/paul-gosar-hangs-out-with-racists-to-own-the-libs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Gosar<\/a> Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/house-gop-leaders-must-condemn-marjorie-taylor-greene-and-paul-gosar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> It is beyond my understanding. <\/p>\n<p>Others among the 20 holding up the coronation probably have some personal gripes against McCarthy \u2014 which is a completely legitimate reason to oppose electing him boss, by the way. Others are intent to fight\u00a0the \u201cestablishment\u201d For its own sake, which is absurd and nonsensical. Someone is going be in control. McCarthy isn\u2019t Fred Upton. And if you\u2019re constantly opposing that person because you can\u2019t do everything you want, you will get nothing. This is a state where many Republicans seem content.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that the two-party system creates stability by building left-right consensus before elections. Although this fight is almost meaningless, it concerns the future of management and not an ideological schism. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist, a nationally syndicated columnist, a Happy Warrior columnist at National Review, and author of five books\u2014the most recent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eurotrash-America-Reject-Failed-Continent\/dp\/0063066017\/\">Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent<\/a>. He has appeared on Fox News. Fox News, C-SPAN. CNN. MSNBC. NPR. ABC World News Tonight. NBC Nightly News. And radio talk shows all across the country. Follow him on twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/\">@davidharsanyi<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After three rounds on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy did not secure the 218 votes needed to be elected Speaker of the House. It was the first occasion in a century that multiple ballots were cast. Now, \u201cfight spills into a second chaotic day,\u201d notes ABC News. There\u2019s a lot Washington is buzzing with excitement &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1794750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,7118,4004,6203,3653,4219,3819,5654],"class_list":["post-1795466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-doesnt","tag-fight","tag-gop","tag-house","tag-matter","tag-report","tag-speaker"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1795466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1794750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1795466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1795466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1795466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}