McCarthy will replace Boehner, with all Tea Party folks in other leadership roles.

[stevenleser]

McCarthy is more like Boehner than a Tea Partier. But it is being set up so that the leadership after him is all Tea Party.

McCarthy thinks he has come to some arrangement with the "Freedom caucus". What he doesn't realize is, the arrangement involves coaching several of them until they are ready to unseat him.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/253744-house-conservatives-warm-to-mccarthy-as-speaker

[Hugin]

1. Keep in mind, the Speaker is third in the line of succession to the US presidency.

Way too close for any Teahadist... IMHO.

[Pantagruelsmember]

2. Teapotty , not Tea Party

The "Teapotty " image is perfect as it encourages the vision of grown men soiling themselves.

[HooptieWagon]

3. McCarthy favors amnesty for undoc immigrants.

That's a deal killer for the tea-baggers. I think the House will go full on batshit crazy for next Speaker. The real GOP will be on full display to voters for an entire year before GE. That will help Dems.

[JCMach1]

5. Exactly, now there is a shutdown fight AND a leadership fight to deal with...

[napi21]

4. I don't like him, BUT, he seems to be the best of 4 possibles.

Article online says "One of these four will be the next speaker."

Kevin McCarthy
Steve Scalise
Jim Jordan
Jeb Hesnerling

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/09/25/3705591/speaker-candidates-after-john-boehner/


I read the write-up on each of them, and McCarthy appears tio be the LEAST CRAZY of the four.

I HOPE Congress can get a budget passed BEFORE Boner leaves, and even more important is that thy raise the debt ceiling which will be reached by Oct. 31.

[Dont call me Shirley]

6. Probably Hensarling, he was a participant in the Caucus Room Conspiracy.

http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2014/06/caucus-room-conspiracy-alive-and-well

Although so was McCarthy, but the GOP may set him aside due to his somewhat moderacy.