[AnotherUnixGeek]

I hope he can convince her that what she sees with her EYES is not true and there’s some 4D chess going on.

People who practice 4D chess are vanishingly rare. People who exhibit cowardice, stupidity and/or a complete lack of principle are far more common. Occam's Razor tells me Mike Johnson is in the latter category.

[Bratch]

Or it may be that SOTH Johnson is trying to keep a hair thin majority patched together until the November elections.

A majority that includes a conservative minority.

Which means most members of his party favor compromising with the Left - and are willing to resign and throw the House to the Democrats rather than yield to the MAGA faction.

Herding cats would make his job look easy.

[frog in a pot]

People who practice 4D chess are vanishingly rare.

Quite right.

MTG may well be playing the less difficult "Dynamic Remote Chess Without a Board".

She would be relying on a handful of strong principles, her experience as a hog hunter and her instincts as a "mama bear" personality.