The latest botched attempt at finding a solution to Republicans’ leadership void is a telling one.
House Republicans on Oct. 19 debated how to move forward after Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win the speakership on a second ballot. There are few things Congress loves more than a short-term solution to a long-term problem — something to help it forestall difficult decisions and paper over divisions in hopes that, at some later date, these problems will magically disappear.— who can get the votes to be House speaker.
“We made the pitch to members on the resolution, as a way to lower the temperature and get back to work,” Jordan said. “We decided that wasn’t where we’re going to go.”, you can catch a glimpse of a rare moment of apparent befuddlement and exasperation from a man who exemplifies cocksureness. It’s a moment somewhat reminiscent of when Jordan. As then, there didn’t seem to be a good answer Jordan felt he could provide or a way to explain any of this.
To be sure, there are very understandable reasons this wasn’t workable, personal feelings about McHenry aside. Some opposed the idea of a temporary speaker on constitutional grounds. Some Jordan opponents probably feared this could keep his bid alive, by giving him a couple months of McHenry potentially working with the Democrats to run against.
Trying to kick the can down the road was already a sure sign of weakness, and then Jordan missed on that too.The path forward for House speaker and Rep. Jim Jordan is uncertain after members emerged from a lengthy, heated meeting. As the House looks to
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