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So MAGA hardliners are forcing McCarthy to agree to a rule package that is the legislative equivalent of him wearing the Pulp Fiction gimp suit for two years while they hold the leash.
And right after a mid-term where the voters punished the GOPers who were more extreme MAGA/Trump.
Why wouldn't McCarthy work out a deal with some Dems for some Speaker votes in exchange for a more sane rules package?
That would
(1) Let McCarthy not be beholden to the MAGA fringe and get to be Speaker on his terms; and
(2) Keep the GOP from having to put its crazy face front and center going into the 2024 election
And for the Dems, this would make things like defaulting on the national debt and defunding the FBI much less likely, so it seems like they would be on board with it, too.
What am I missing here?
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