Russell Berman’s column for The Atlantic yesterday, Speaker In Name Only, poses the question: what next? As you can probably guess, the...

Amash putting himself forward for House Speaker took guts. It's a step to seeing the reality of our political spectrum: There's the...

We’ve been laughing at the Republicans’ shortcomings all week, albeit in regard to very serious matters… like McCarthy’s— and his...

At Least Denny Hastert Is No Longer Destined Go Down In History As The Worst Speaker The mainstream conservatives behind McCarthy are...

by Noah Your Saturday Cartoon: Which will it be? The biggest loser? The biggest whore? Or both. Republicans have been all about wanting...

I think it would be better for everyone if the clerk just asked anyone who wants to change their vote from any of the last 8 votes to...

On Wednesday evening, the Wall Street Journal issued a statement about the disaster that there Republican Party has morphed into. Looking...

by Noah Here it is, January 6, 2023, 2 years after the Republican Party's domestic terror assault on the Capitol Building. 2 years after...

Wednesday night, Team McCarthy was celebrating its first “victory”— a close win in a motion to adjourn the House. The only reason they...

Nathaniel Banks won a congressional seat from Massachusetts as a Democrat in 1852. By 1854 he was reelected as a Know Nothing and was...

by Noah No matter how this 1,000,000th episode of "Republican Clown Car" turns out, Kremlin Kevin can still schedule his double knee...

16 Republicans Join The Democrats To Elect Mark Rozzi Speaker House Republicans are reeling. McCarthy had all of November and December to...

This is a graphic—kind of pornographic— story for the memoir I'm writing. You'll see in a moment-- of you decide to keep reading-- why...

Bipartisanship? Democratic Freshmen Elect A Republican To Be Democratic Class President Most of yesterday's news about Congress involved...

Will Gottheimer Be The GOP Kingmaker? McCarthy ally Don Bacon, the mainstream conservative from the less and less conservative Omaha, is...

Yesterday the NY Times reported, cluelessly, that if McCarthy falters today, there are 4 likely possibilities for speaker: Scalise...

Tomorrow, Kevin McCarthy has to must 218 votes to reach his lifelong dream— and get start the 118th Congress. Since there are 222...

The GOP Should Just Elect Santos Speaker Since It's Already On His Résumé Tuesday is the big day for Kevin McCarthy. His whole cringy...

Next Tuesday, the House is scheduled to pick a new speaker and, shockingly, the Republicans are going to allow national secrurity risk...

by Noah Kremlin Kevin McCarthy has had a rough holiday season. Do I feel sorry for him? Not one bit. He hitched his sleigh to the wrong...