Paul KrugmanI've seen jokes about Liz Cheney as speaker, but seriously: why can't this end with 7 sane Republicans joining Democrats to elect someone who isn't totally despicable?
Mark Copelovitch1. There probably aren't 7 sane Republicans. They were in the last Congress and have all been purged from this one.
2. Our electoral institutions are set up in such a way that there are exactly zero political incentives for individuals to do this: https://mastodon.social/@mcopelov/109626803440843080
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