McCarthy will get in. He’s made a deal with some dims to get a handful of votes if necessary. If not, let the game begin!!! Screw the uniparty.
If he gets rejected by his own caucus and elevated to the role with democrat votes he will have no authority to lead the GOP caucus. It will be a very hollow victory for his ego alone, and would result in a neutered Speaker. Which is why the dems would love it to play out that way.
I’ve said that before.
If anyone thinks that Jefferies is the one leading the Democrats, they need to have their head examined. He might be the mouthpiece, but she’s still running that side of the isle.
The Dems would rather have McCarthy because they know he’ll fold and tell us that there are more important things to deal with.
So, she’ll identify enough Democrats from ‘Purple’ areas that will vote for him in the interest of bipartisanship.