The Robust Debate Over House Speaker is Hardly Chaos
Do you know how the Washington Post explained where things stand in the ongoing House leadership race to its readers today? Under the headline The GOP Sinks Deeper Into Chaos, Karen Tumulty’s analysis piece started like this:
Less than a year after a sweeping electoral triumph, Republicans are on the verge of ceasing to function as a national political party. The most powerful and crippling force at work in the once-hierarchical GOP is anger, directed as much at its own leaders as anywhere else.
The New York Times, too, spoke in its headline of the race Putting House in Chaos and noted that
The turmoil in the House only added to the uncertainty for the Republican Party, which is also dealing with a contentious presidential primary campaign in which obstreperous outsiders continue to ride the Tea Party swell against establishment politicians. While the presidential race has many months to sort itself out, House Republicans have little time to spare to restore order.
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