Watching The Sausage Get Made

The saga of the speakers votes this week may just be what DC political Twitter has been training for

— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) January 5, 2023

I could just post that tweet at the head of every post for the next few days, huh?

“Without anything governing the House, C-Span controls the cameras..This means it can film the floor freely with close-ups of members and live reaction shots as the drama plays out — all verboten under standard operating procedure. It’s C-Span gone wild” https://t.co/eSihHC59bi

— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) January 5, 2023

How many non-political junkies are watching, though?

Seventh ballot tally
212 - Jeffries
201 - McCarthy
19 - Donalds
1 - Trump
1 present vote.

Eighth ballot next. 100 years ago, it took nine ballots — the last speaker’s race to go multiple ballots

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 5, 2023

Retreating to pre-Civil War days. I'm quite serious: the GOP is no longer a "modern" (i.e., post-Civil War) political party. QED.

GOP PA Rep Scott Perry on Fox: “There is no agreement.” Accuses McCarthy team of “betraying trust” and leaking info from negotiations

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 5, 2023

More from Perry https://t.co/nO9tvQo6IG

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 5, 2023

Which status quo is he refusing to yield to? Because the current one seems to be complete chaos.

And why the idea Democrats were going to start losing steam as this dragged on was not coming from Democrats > https://t.co/0EXHPhav4W

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 5, 2023

Of clouds and silver linings. And finding out that chasing the car and catching the car are two very different things.