Dog At The Dance

(Dog At The Dance)

There have been school dances over the years where certain people stand out. Not to be cruel but these would be the heavy set type with an odd name, like Gretchen or Hildegard. She is most likely alone against the wall, maybe gets some punch, and maybe waiting for some other square to aske her to dance. She would not be one of the popular girls, would look plain and un-attractive.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is that homely girl at the dance and after three failed tries to be elected Speaker, he has been removed from all further consideration for the Post. If not Jordan, however, then who ? There has been some new evidence in the Biden bribery probe, a check made out to the President from brother James in the amount of $200,000. The funds were ostensibly a loan-re-payment. This obviously needs to be looked into further and evidence of actual wrong doing. But whatever is there, a little or a lot, none of that can be acted upon unless the House gets its Speaker.

It will be the extreme failure in politics if House Republicans cannot choose one of their number without Democrat help to seat a Speaker. Knowing the stakes are as such, why is so difficult to coalace around a single acceptable individual ? That being said, timing could not be worse. Not only is the Biden investigation but also the funding of both Israel and Ukraine. And also, to fund the government.

As "professional" politicians, these people should know how things are supposed to work. They should be equally familiar with consequences of failure. How many in this House GOP insurrection will face primary challenges ? Can one think that Congressman Gaetz will emerge from this un-scathed ?

Why was there not a plan in place to replace Speaker McCarthy ? Was there not someone already under consideration to step up ? That selection has to happen now and all the in-fighting must end. But time is not un-limited and is indeed short. But the next candidate cannot be another dog at the dance.