Pyrrhic's Was Less A Victory !
( Pyrrhic's Was Less A Victory !) The Speakership of Kevin McCarthy is now established fact. Clear with the hostages. That being said, what the Speaker had to do was throw everything to bribe his colleagues and would include the kitchen sink. Technically, McCarthy only received 216 votes out of the required 218 but he was no longer opposed. Those who were still not in his camp voted "present." It was now House Minority Leader, Hakeem Jefferies (D-NY) who had his own address to deliver a farewell to Democrat Majority rule, what newly installed conservative Members panned. However, and this had been detailed yesterday, there might be a "honeymoon" between McCarthy and the conservative Freedom Caucus but McCarthy has to know he has a hard money loan with them where the Vig alone could compromise McCarthy's broader ambitions. There is general agreement on major issues but how fast would anybody insist that the Biden Administration and the President be investigat...