“Several Republicans expressed interest in becoming speaker. Kevin McCarthy, the House Majority Leader was initially viewed as the favorite, but withdrew his name from consideration on October 8, when the Freedom Caucus refused to support him, and the conference vote was postponed. Immediately afterwards, an effort was made to recruit the widely respected Paul Ryan…”
The problem this time around (or at least one of them) is that Republicans can’t reach a consensus. Official votes basically never failed historically. McCarthy failing over and over again back in January means it’s no longer historic to fail again and again in October.
That being said I agree about the media coverage. I suspect some are just throwing their hat in the ring to get on TV. TV likes covering the chaos.
That’s not quite the case, in many ways we’re repeating the 2015 Speaker election, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2015_Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election
“Several Republicans expressed interest in becoming speaker. Kevin McCarthy, the House Majority Leader was initially viewed as the favorite, but withdrew his name from consideration on October 8, when the Freedom Caucus refused to support him, and the conference vote was postponed. Immediately afterwards, an effort was made to recruit the widely respected Paul Ryan…”
The problem this time around (or at least one of them) is that Republicans can’t reach a consensus. Official votes basically never failed historically. McCarthy failing over and over again back in January means it’s no longer historic to fail again and again in October.
That being said I agree about the media coverage. I suspect some are just throwing their hat in the ring to get on TV. TV likes covering the chaos.