Scalise is probably not much different from McCarthy on most style and substance grounds. But blocking the latter would be a sign that the base was’t completely powerless. And as the leadership backfills in former’s prior designated slot as Majority leader, etc. might get someone better on the back end of the leadership team. Also, having as speaker someone nearly murdered by the crazed other side, should either cramp some of the crazies’s tactics or result in monumental slap downs by Scalise.
“Also, having as speaker someone nearly murdered by the crazed other side, should either cramp some of the crazies’s tactics or result in monumental slap downs by Scalise.”
It will have the opposite effect IMO.
Scalise will get the same sympathy and support from the Republicans that John McCain and Dan Crenshaw did. Scalise will stab conservatives in the back while they laud him for being a victim of a crazed leftist.