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The McCarthy Speakership Debacle — and a Way Out [1]

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Date: 2023-01-04

As of today, Jan 4, 2023, we are seeing McCarthy being embarrassed for the sixth time (so far). But they will be back at 8 pm. What then?

McCarthy is not a man of principle. He is a reed that bends with the winds; seaweed that sways with the tide. This is the man that called out the former president as being totally responsible for the insurrection on Jan 6, 2021; but two weeks later, he went down (spiritually, also) to kiss the “ring” of the instigator.

So, it is clear that even his own party does not find him principled. But now the question is, if not him, then whom?

Well, I have a suggestion right out of left field: Why not suggest Liz Cheney? She is well respected among Democrats, after her performance on the January 6 Committee, and there MAY be enough “silent majority” Republicans who might come together with Democrats to support Cheney, a Real Republican, a conservative, with a platform, an excellent organizer, someone who could pull the Republican Party back from the precipice. A bipartisan power-sharing Congress would be a miracle. Are we up for a once-in-a-century miracle? Good sense would say to do it, but does the GOP have any good sense left?

Of course, there will be many detractors, since the GOP, under Kevin McCarthy, got rid of Cheney, one of their best. What will they do now?

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