Megan McCardle argues that the inability of House Republicans to elect a Speaker is symptomatic of a deeper problem — the fact that Republicans aren’t in favor of enough things.
The problem with the Republican party is that it does not have a majority. It has a less than majority and an annexed cult that is incompatible with the Republican party. If the Republican party recognized that the MAGA cult is not a faction of the party but an alien cancerous entity consuming it then it could work on building an ACTUAL majority which is what it used to do in the old days. Instead we are here.
The problem with the Republican party is that it does not have a majority. It has a less than majority and an annexed cult that is incompatible with the Republican party. If the Republican party recognized that the MAGA cult is not a faction of the party but an alien cancerous entity consuming it then it could work on building an ACTUAL majority which is what it used to do in the old days. Instead we are here.