GOP implodes after speaker debacle gets so much worse

[PanamaSteve]

Steve Scalise withdraws from speaker race, House GOP in chaos Folks, we are reaching levels of Republicans In Disarray™ that scientists previously thought impossible. Rep. Steve Scalise won a secret leadership vote just *two nights ago* but has already withdrawn his name as it's become painfully clear he doesn't have the 217 votes needed to be elected speaker of the House. Back to square one it is! The general consensus seems to be that Jim Jordan will next try to run for speaker unopposed, but other members warn that he's already got a "math" problem. "It makes us look like a bunch of idiots," groused Rep. Austin Scott. Yes, yes it does!