Popularity Contest. . .
(Popularity Contest. ) In any sporting event, whichever team takes to the field,.the court or whatever, there is always a plan as developed by the coaching staff to be executed in the process of the contest. Hopefully, the result would be placed in the "win" column. When players take to the field et al , it is in the understanding that each member is acting as a unit. Each has a role to play and it is in playing that role where success is derived. Except on the exception where one of the players, for reasons of ambition and ego, goes out in the pursuit of individual glory. He, or she, takes to the arena for one's personal aggrandizement. What happens to the rest of the team, however ? The "team," in this case is the new House Republican Majority who is looking to take power come next January but as to who the "coach" is going to be remains an open question. Congressman Kevin McCarthy, ostensibly the next Speaker, has not secured enough votes from the C...