It's A Conundrum.

       Rep John Boehner learned the hard way. Rep. Kevin McCarthy found out you don't even have to be speaker to get a bunch of people mad at you. Now even Rep. Paul Ryan doesn't want the job. And it doesn't look like they've got anyone who can get the 218 votes necessary to be Speaker of the House. Why is that so hard? The Republicans have way more than that in the House.
       The problem for the Republicans is that there's a sizable minority of Republicans who don't want the government to work. That's why they ran for office. To make it impossible for the government to work. So whoever wants to lead the House of Representatives and also wants to govern, gets these folks mad and they won't agree to anything. It's the Tea Party, but now they call themselves the Freedom Caucus. I guess they want to be free to screw up the works.
       Just to give you an idea, the Republicans formed a special Select Committee on Benghazi. and they've spent millions on the committee. Along comes Rep Kevin McCarthy who admits on TV that the committee has been successful because they've managed to bring down Hillary Clinton's poll numbers. Ya see, they're not interested in governing, they want to beat Hillary. And they want to do it by using your money.
       So ya see? If you're a Republican Congressman, the last thing you want is to be elected Speaker of the House. Because the minute you try to do your job, they're all gonna hate you and want you out. Congress has been called dysfunctional. And for good reason. With a small majority and a large minority, the Republicans don't even want to work with Democrats. But they want to work with each other even less. What's a country to do?