From WSJopinion: After two days of intra-GOP stalemate over electing Kevin McCarthy, our main question is why anyone wants to be Speaker
Wonder Land: Russia and China want to replace the West. Benedict wanted to save it. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyWe were taught to believe that all jobs have dignity, but on second thought there is serving as Speaker of a Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
For that matter, why would anyone want it? It’s true the Speaker is third in line to be President, you get your name in the history books and your portrait hung in the Capitol, and you can sit and applaud uncomfortably behind President Biden during his next two State of the Union addresses. Other than that, there’s not much to recommend the job.
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