TREY: WELCOME BACK TO
"SUNDAY NIGHT IN AMERICA,"
MIDTERMS REMINDED US OF MANY
THINGS, BE CAREFUL WITH
EXPECTATIONS.
PROMISES MAKE YOU POPULAR,
KEPT PROMISES MAKE YOU
RESPECTED.
AND DISAPPOINTMENT MAKES
PEOPLE MAD.
WHEN THINGS GO SOUTH, ACCEPT
AT LEAST YOUR SHARE OF THE
RESPONSIBILITY, GREAT
LEADER, AND DEFLECT CREDIT.
THEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS
WHICH HAVE CONFOUNDED ME,
SINCE MIDTERMS.
NANCY PELOSI HAS LOST THE
HOUSE TWICE NOW.
TWO FAILED IMPEACHMENTS YET
SHE IS STILL CONSIDERED BY
MEDIA TO BE A A GENEROUS.
HER OWN PARTY, DESPITE
LOSSES WOULD TAKE HER AGAIN
TOMORROW, AS THEIR LEADER.
SHE IS DEPARTING AS A HERO
TO MEDIA AND DEMOCRATS.
ASSUMING THOSE ARE DIFFERENT
THINGS.
DESPITE LOSING THE GAVEL.
AND NEUTERING THE BIDEN
AGENDA.
KEVIN McCARTHY ON THE
OTHER HAPPENED HAS TWICE
BEEN PART OF WINNING BACK
THE HOUSE.
FIRST IN 2010 AND IN 2022.
MEDIA DOESN’T CALL HIM A
GENIUS.
POLITICO DEDICATED A STORY
TO WONDERING OUT LOUD IF
McCARTHY WAS SMARTIVE IN
TO LEADENOUGH TO LEAD THE
HOUSE.
HOW SMART DO YOU HAVE TO BE?
I DON’T KNOW, MAYBE JUST
BARELY SMARTERATHON THAN A
LITTLE BITOLITTLEPOLITICO
REPORTER.
>> REPUBLICAN HOUSE
CONFERENCE MET THIS WEEK,
ANYONE FROM INSIDE OR
OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE WHO
WANTED TO RUN FOR SPEAKER
COULD, ANYONE.
ONLY TWO MEN RAN.
NOMINATIONS WERE MADE.
SECONDS HEARD AND SPEECHES
GIVEN, AND A VOTE TAKEN. SOUNDS LIKE A REPUBLICAN
SOUNDS LIKE A REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY, McCARTHY WON WITH
85% OF THE VOTE.
SENATE MITCH MCCONNELL HAD A
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE TOO,
SENATOR RICK SCOTT RAN,
McCONNELL WON 37 TO 10.
BUT GUY WITH 85% OF THE VOTE
IS NOT DONE YET.
HE MUST RUN AGAIN ON FLOOR
AGAINST A DEMOCRAT.
DEMOCRATS CANNOT DEFEAT
McCARTHY.
ONLY THE REPUBLICANS CAN.
ONLY THE VERY SHAME GROUP
THAT NOMINATED HIM WITH 85
PERCENT OF THE VOTE JUST
LAST WEEK.
SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE
PLEDGED THEY WILL NEVER VOTE
FOR McCARTHY.
WHAT NOW DO REPUBLICANS GO
BACK IN CONFERENCE ROOM AND
VOTE AGAINST OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OR -- MANY WANT
CLOSED PRIMARIES, IT DOESN’T
GET ANY MORE CLOSES THAN A
REPUBLICAN-MEMBERS ONLY
VOTING SESSION.
WHY HAVE PRIMARIES OR
NOMINATED CONFERENCES IF
THEY DON’T MATTER?
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A
PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR ANY
OFFICE, INCLUDING SPEAKER,
THERE IS NONE.
PERFECT PEOPLE DON’T GO INTO
POLITICS.
SO, IN LIEU OF PERFECT, WHY
NOT SET FOR THE PERSON WHO
WON.
IF THERE IS CHAOS ON THE
FLOOR IN JANUARY, YOU SHOULD
WONDER WHERE, DEMOCRATS
FIGHT IN PRIVATE BUT UNIFY
IN PUBLIC.
AND REPUBLICANS SHAVE THEIR
SHARPEST KNIVES FOR ONE
ANOTHER AND WHY HAVE