Civil War In the Republican Party

US has dodged a bullet, but GOP must confront its demons

Republicans are convening to select a new House speaker, presumably Kevin McCarthy. Given the concessions he has made to obtain the job, some pundits quip that he wilts about as quickly as a head of lettuce, and is likely to be as weak as British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who lasted just 44 days. Conservative writer Charlie Sykes calls McCarthy “a hollo…