Republicans who are serious about governing now understand they must accept Democratic help.
Rep. Jim Jordan after failing to be elected speaker on the third vote on Capitol Hill on Friday. The chaotic Republican-led House of Representatives has a rather poor sense of timing. The United States is in the midst of two international emergencies and faces the threat of a government shutdown next month. President Biden’sBut the embarrassing exercise could prove to be a blessing because it’s exposing a crisis in our politics that must be confronted.
The last straw came after Democrats gave more votes than Republicans did to pass McCarthy’s September bill to avoid a government shutdown. The next day, McCarthy turned around andthat Democrats “did not want the bill” and “were willing to let government shut down.” That dishonest nonsense sealed his fate.Republicans have yet to learn the lesson of McCarthy’s fall: Because of the GOP’s splits, only an agreement with Democrats can create a majority in the House capable of governing.
The Democratic rank-and-file has quietly been working in this direction. Rep. Annie Kuster , chair of the New Democrat Coalition, told me that moderate Democrats “were talking to any reasonable Republican we had a relationship with” in an effort to empower Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry to bring up bills that have broad support in both parties.
Democrats have reacted with understandable horror at the willingness of 200 Republicans to make the election-denying, insurrection-sympathizing, Trump-backed Jordan second in the line of succession for the presidency. But it’s important to recognize an additional blessing: For some two dozen Republicans — whose ranks grew through the three ballots — a Jordan speakership was too much to accept.
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