Quin Hillyer is the deputy commentary editor for the Washington Examiner. He is a former executive editor for the American Spectator and has served in senior roles for the Washington Times, the Mobile Register, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and Gambit New Orleans Weekly and has been published in almost every major newspaper in the nation.
The reported deal to temporarily break the impasse for House Speaker is a terrible idea that wise House Republicans and Democrats alike should reject.
The part of the deal that isn’t fine at all is the one that lets Jordan remain as speaker-designate as long as he wants the job, with him having the sole power to determine when to hold another vote to try to ascend to the full speakership. It basically would put the entire House hostage to one man’s whim for as long as he wants it. And it would do so for someone who is not actually the choice even of a majority of his own party’s conference.
Despite both of those advantages, Jordan lost fair and square. This means that, at best, he is only the third most popular choice for Speaker among his fellow House Republicans. The only reason Jordan is now the speaker-designate is that he ran immediately again while turmoil reigned, before any other senior Member could organize. Even then, still having won only narrowly, some 55 House Republicans voted internally that they did not want Jordan as speaker. And after two open ballots on the House floor, Jordan was losing, not gaining, support.
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