Clarence Page: Today’s Republicans need to get out of their own way
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
Jan 10, 2023
3 minutes
As the House ballots reached double digits in the attempt to elect California Republican Kevin McCarthy to be House speaker, a catchy refrain from the musical “Hamilton” grew louder in my mind:
“You don’t have the votes, you don’t have the votes…”
Ah, how embarrassing it must have been for McCarthy, who used to whip votes for then-Speaker John Boehner during President Barack Obama’s presidency, that it took 15 ballots to finally
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