Once the GOP returns to its more customary role as a minority in the House, it can return to its roots. Its members, with few exceptions, have little interest in making and carrying out policy; their objective is to throw bombs and get on Fox News.
That’s why I expect Jim Jordan to be the new Minority Leader next year. He’s perfect for the job.
As the head of a small, divided, and unruly majority party, Mike Johnson, like Kevin McCarthy before him, had an extremely difficult job. Even so, by any reasonable standard, he has been a failure. Why?
Because Johnson viewed the House of Representatives as an appendage of the Trump administration instead of a co-equal branch of government with interests that will exist long after Trump is gone. As a result, if Trump failed, so did he. And that is exactly what happened.