Well, on the fifteenth (!) ballot, Kevin McCarthy finally made it! Interesting how this has echoed the GOP's experience in the House election itself last November: takes far longer to count the votes and call the races than normal, but in the end they still get there. 👀
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It reflects a divided population that not only doesn't agree with each other but is so far apart that even compromise and consensus is difficult.
These days I often end up thinking that yeah it only makes sense for rancor in the representative legislature when the legislature is representing such a rancorous population.
