Charlie Cook: “Even in the most tranquil moments in American history, a president of one party facing a divided Congress is rarely a marriage made in heaven. But the chemistry in this situation, in which a relatively united Democratic Party narrowly controls the Senate while Republicans are at war with each other in the House, is particularly toxic.”
“Not since the turbulent period before the Civil War through Reconstruction has Congress been as bitterly divided and less able to deliver on what the country needs.”
“While it may be premature to declare that McCarthy traded away all the position’s power in order to gain the prestigious title, hold the gavel, and inhabit the speaker’s suite of offices in the Capitol Building, it would be hard to refute that today.”
