Groundhog Day

So, Tom Emmer, (R-MN) was the next Republican nominee as House Speaker, for all of about 3 hours:

Long about mid-afternoon, the voice descended from atop Loon Mountain.

I have many wonderful friends wanting to be Speaker of the House, and some are truly great Warriors. RINO Tom Emmer, who I do not know well, is not one of them. He never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement, or the breadth and scope of MAGA – MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! He fought me all the way, and actually spent more time defending Ilhan Omar, than he did me—He is totally out-of-touch with Republican Voters. I believe he has now learned his lesson, because he is saying that he is Pro-Trump all the way, but who can ever be sure? Has he only changed because that’s what it takes to win? The Republican Party cannot take that chance, because that’s not where the America First Voters are. Voting for a Globalist RINO like Tom Emmer would be a tragic mistake!

It took the Republicans of the House of Representatives five ballots in a closed-door meeting to come up with Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota as the next clay pigeon to send aloft. Emmer is what passes for a "moderate" in that bunch. He voted to certify the 2020 election, but then signed onto the Texas lawsuit that sought to overthrow the results. His positions on most social issues are predictably retrograde. He is, however, one of the House's foremost crypto boosters, for whatever the hell that's worth. In any event, according to Politico, at least 25 Republican representatives voted against Emmer. And, with El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago chiming in against Emmer, his candidacy appeared to have flatlined before any floor vote could be taken. He took it upon himself to meet with his opponents, which is a strategy that might work among people practicing politics with some lucidity, to say nothing of sanity. Sanity, alas, never has the votes. After three full hours as Speaker-designate, Emmer hit the silk.

Next on the hit parade is likely Mike Johnson, (R-LA), who is an insurrectionist who supports the cockamamie "Independent State Legislature Theroty", which posits that state legislators can declare whoever they want the victors in federal elections.

(update)

Yep, it's the loony from Louisiana, Mike Johnson.  

One hopes that the (slightly) less crazy faction decides to give the QAnon caucus what they have been giving the whole Republican caucus, and shoots him down.

Turn about is fair play.