Choosing the Next Speaker
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From the Left
How Republicans will choose the next speakerHouse Republicans will cast secret ballots on Thursday to elect their party's nominee to succeed House Speaker John Boehner, who is resigning at the end of the month.
From the Right
High drama on Capitol Hill: Republicans square off in speaker voteHouse Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's run to succeed John Boehner as speaker was thrown a curveball late Wednesday, when a bloc of conservatives threw their support elsewhere -- setting up a potential showdown Thursday afternoon as Republicans caucus to pick their favorite.
From the Left
The GOP may not survive Kevin McCarthy: His speakership is a disaster before it even beginsAs Republicans and their media allies scramble to contain the damage from Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) comments on Fox News, where he admitted the allegedly non-partisan Benghazi select committee was created to sabotage Hillary Clinton’s political career, note that the other key player in this story is the Beltway press. And like Republicans, reporters and pundits who have feasted off Benghazi — and the supposedly-related Clinton email story — now have a chance to come to terms with a new political reality.
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