Kevin McCarthy has withdrawn from the race for Speaker of the House.
How very sad. McCarthy is a very gifted man. He has a gift for delivering the most awkward statements, often achieving the use of common words in ways never before accomplished. He would have been good for many laughs along the way, had he become Speaker. Ah, well, we still have Norm Crosby and Mrs. Malaprop.
The GOP is now in turmoil, but never mind. They are so often in that state that it is actually has become almost comfortable for them.
Tea Party representatives are swinging into action, fueled by the delusion that they now have a chance to install one of their own to be third in line for the Presidency. Not gonna happen. There are not enough similarly disordered members to make the necessary numbers.