Oh, boy. Low point is a mild description of the Republican party by now. You know you're in trouble when you have to reach into your dark past for a bailout. At this minute on this day, Paul Ryan may be the latest hopeful, but ....
Look at what else they've got in mind!
Whether Ryan does might be the most important question facing House Republicans, but it is only one of many in the wake of McCarthy’s withdrawal. Lawmakers floated more than a dozen names of members who could seek to replace Boehner in the coming weeks. Some were conservative favorites, like Jeb Hensarling of Texas, the Financial Services Committee chairman, or Jim Jordan of Ohio, head of the House Freedom Caucus. Others suggested the party should turn to a caretaker speaker, who would lead the House only through the 2016 election. Those contenders included two senior members who have already announced their plans to retire after the current term: John Kline of Minnesota, chairman of the Education Committee, and Candice Miller of Michigan, who leads the Administration Committee. The two Republicans who challenged McCarthy, Jason Chaffetz of Utah and Daniel Webster of Florida, continued their candidacies, but there wasn’t anything approaching a groundswell of support for them. And Charlie Dent, a Pennsylvania moderate, said Republicans should band together with centrist Democrats to form a bipartisan coalition to govern the House—a possibility that remains exceedingly unlikely.
Some Republicans tried to silence even the quietest whispers about their names. "I'd rather be a vegetarian,” quipped Mac Thornberry, chairman of the Armed Services Committee. And then there was the ever-available Newt Gingrich, who said he’d consider returning as speaker—but only if the party begged. ...RussellBerman,Atlantic
Which is a worse potential political disaster? Gingrich? Or a vegetarian?
