1. The House GOP elected McCarthy as Minority Leader. I can't say that I picked correctly because I didn't really make a prediction, but there were 43 dissenting votes. Minority Leader votes don't require a majority of the floor, so 43 Republicans could dissent, and McCarthy could still win. As I said last weekend, low stakes. 43 dissenting votes in a Speakership contest and you're not Speaker, which brings me to...
2. Nancy Pelosi. As I wrote last weekend, the dumbest thing the Democratic Party could do is pick anyone not named "Nancy Pelosi" as Speaker. So, a bunch of Democrats are trying to out-stupid each other because, hey, it seems to work for the GOP, right? Will the children oust the adult (note: singular)? They still have a "who?" problem, but enough Democrats have said they are a "no" that without changes, Pelosi loses. Then again, she's faced harder challenges, like Obamacare. This is just about dealing with a bunch of whiny, little twerps who need a good kick in the ass. And nobody kicks more ass than Nancy Pelosi. What happens? Deal-making, but the anti-Pelosi fools still have two problems: first, they need to coalesce around someone, and second, they actually need to convince the Pelosi loyalists. There are more of the second than there are anti-Pelosi people. So, how politically suicidal are the left-wing teabaggers? I guess we'll find out! Still, bet on Pelosi. When you think of San Francisco, don't just think of filthy hippies. Think of Dirty Harry. The badass version. Not the old kook yelling at an empty chair.
3. Jeff Flake now says he won't vote to confirm judges until Mueller is protected. Little late, Jeff. I told you, he never really does anything beyond the symbolic. The GOP picked up Senate seats, and they can ignore him. As I wrote a while back, there was a time when he and Graham were both singing this song, when the GOP had 51 seats. Had they pulled this act then, it would have mattered. They didn't, so I called bullshit. Flake is a posturing phony, and always has been. He wouldn't do this if it mattered.
4. CNN's lawsuit on Jim Acosta. Was the Trump White House out of order revoking his press pass? Of course. The doctoring of the video pretty much tells you what's going on. However, why do we have these press conferences? Trump, Sanders, Conway, and the rest of the Trump coterie will do nothing but lie. So, why go through the charade? Why does Jim Acosta have a job? CNN shouldn't hire someone to go ask Trump, Sanders or whoever questions, and give airtime to the lies that inevitably occur in response. They should adjust to the reality that these events need to be canceled because nobody in the Trump White House is capable of speaking truth. Don't ask liars questions. There's no point. (Unless you get 'em under oath!)