I’m thinking McCarthy really is having an affair with Renee Ellmers, and they threatened to use it against him.
Perhaps, looks like some Republican wrote a letter stating that the House Speaker must be clean of any scandal that can do harm to Congress and the party.
Everyone up there that plays ball is compromised in some way otherwise they wouldn’t be playing ball. The blackmail effect works wonders to change votes.
Something is odd. McCarthy went into that caucus meeting at 8 AM (EST) all about full steam ahead. Later, before the actual morning vote, he backs out! What happened in two hours?
The letter by the NC representative, to vet all of the candidates, was released last night already.
Why did McCarthy look so extraordinarily cheery today announcing a flip flop of two hours? His grins and jolly good crap hardly matched the seriousness of the occasion, did it? Weird.
Yeap - and most likely the dirt on Chaffetz will be leaked in a day or two if there is anything to leak.