moment, mccarthy is still short votes and even some allies see mccarthy s math problem as getting worse despite weeks and weeks of concessions to republican critics. sunday, yesterday, mccarthy made even more concessions that would weaken the speaker s powers and he signed the letter details those concessions this way. kevin mccarthy speaker designate. immediate response descension and mockery. nine republicans a mix of incoming members and sitting, not enough and more than nine gop holdouts at this hour. if every eligible vote is cast mccarthy can only afford to lose four. you get the math at home. the stakes will be on the obvious disarray among house republicans. congress remains paralyzed until someone takes the gavel. unprecedented dysfunction. failure for first time in a century and crippling embarrassment. this is bob good leader of the never kevin faction pushing