After speaker fight, will McCarthy’s House be more democratic?

GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California became Speaker of the House last week, in large part by agreeing to new rules that will give more power to the rank and file, while weakening his own position. 

The wrangling, which put internal GOP divisions on full display, contrasts starkly with the tight ship run by former Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi. For many, the disorder has fueled concerns that the House is headed for two years of dysfunction – including a possible government shutdown and a debt ceiling standoff that could potentially damage the U.S. economy. Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts quipped to ABC’s Boston affiliate that Mr. McCarthy “put the inmates in charge of the asylum and he’s put himself in a straitjacket.”

But a number of Republicans