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you prefer the soviet style prt of the democratic party s internal elections, where votes from merely a formality. all the really big decisions, the meaningful ones, are made thars in advance by donors. oh, of course, everyone sif y on board. that s what they do. but ifou prefe you prefer democy to oligarchy, if you prefer real debates about issues thatet actually matter, it s pretty. refreshing to see it . yes, it s a little chaotic, buti this is what it s supposed to be now. we re going to give you a lotth more detail on what s happening in just a minute and throughout the week. but first, t firs a quick overviewe big to frame the big points. kevi kevin mccarthy of californo was going to be speaker. he was g wants to be speaker. in fact, he wants that job, more than anything else in his life. and he was going to get it. ause but then a group ofd that kevin twenty republican members stopped him. now they stopped becausepresent they decided that kevin mccarthy is not ....
Constituency is the lobbying community in washington. so g if you ve got sincerech. political beliefs, that is infuriating to watcther hanhs on the other hand , to be fair, it s not this is politics. and mccarthy eas does have strengths. it s not easy being speakerv. when the house is this closely divided. and in some ways, kevin mccarthy is perfectly suited for that. thathe s s.he is skilled in poln a small thing. and critically, mccarthytw is willing to spend the next two years living in hoter lhi rooms, raising money for his party ahead of a historic presidential election. what republican in the house is willing to do that soll pass it tonight? and we have checked no one step forward. so really the pivotal question is how badly doeslleagu kevin mccarthy want this job? twenty oesf his colleagues have just publicly disavowed him loudly and again and again.m so to win them back , mccarthyte is going to have to give themoit something real, not more airy promises, which he specializess ....