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The former Republican speaker's hasty departure leaves his voters in the Central Valley in the lurch, but apparently that doesn't matter anymore.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, a North Carolina Republican who has served as a loyal lieutenant in the House leadership and temporarily served as House speaker after the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, announced his retirement Tuesday.

The transition of House speakership from McCarthy, a proud but subdued Christian, to Johnson, a fervently devout evangelical, highlights the religious right’s dominance of the evangelical GOP coalition.

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After their party was decimated in the 2008 elections, mainstream Republican leaders believed they could harness rising far-right populist forces. Instead, they were overrun by them.

The roots of the Republican crackup this fall that paralyzed the House, fueled the unexpected rise of Speaker Mike Johnson

Kevin McCarthy was just the latest in a series of Republican speakers and speaker wannabes who faced revolts. Speaker Mike Johnson should take note.

The New York Times is milking its latest poll, showing some good news for Obama, to maximum effect. Sunday's front-page featured a poll story from one of the paper's top Obama boosters, White House correspondent Jackie Calmes (pictured): "Challenged on Medicare, G.O.P. Loses Ground." Text box: "Polls Show Favor for Obama on Issue of Party Trust." Calmes writes from Orlando:

Jordan-the-bomb-thrower might ultimately win the speakership of the House. But you have to believe Republicans know better than to buy his revamp.

Jordan-the-bomb-thrower might ultimately win the speakership of the House. But you have to believe Republicans know better than to buy his revamp.