Kevin McCarthy Doesn’t Have the Votes for Speaker Yet

Punchbowl News: “Overall, we can’t emphasize to you just how uncertain things are in the Republican conference right now. Each day, we field texts and calls from lawmakers or aides asking just how McCarthy will win a vote to be speaker. Many of these entreaties are from people who’d like to see McCarthy lead the House.”

“After covering McCarthy for his entire congressional career – and having written a book that was primarily about him – we can’t recall a situation as perilous for the California Republican as the one he faces right now. His failed run for speaker in 2015 was a lot less dramatic. McCarthy dropped that bid before he even made it to a GOP conference vote.”