A new CBS News poll found that a majority of Americans support the House’s move to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker, with 60% of adults in the U.S. backing the removal.
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Notably, 54% of Americans who identified as conservative expressed approval for ousting McCarthy, while 70% of Americans who called themselves liberals backed the move.
A third progressive joins the ring!
Personally, while I wouldn’t say I support the ouster, I wouldn’t say I’m against it by any means, either. Not against it because, well, fuck that guy - but not really approving of it either because based on the first round of this nonsense, I don’t see this being resolved ANY time soon, and I prefer my government being functional. My preference for a functional govt also is a factor in “because fuck that guy” though, so my feelings on the whole are a bit complicated. Also weighing against this whole thing is that the new R nominee is much more likely to be amicable to the Freedom Caucus losers, and hostile to Dems.
As much as McCarthy was a POS, at the very, tiny, minisculely least he put partisanship aside to avoid the shutdown. While I’d like to say that this increases the chances that someone more moderate will be elected since they either need D votes or FC votes, the republican aisle as a whole has been pretty hostile to that idea, so I’d think they’d swing for the FC votes. I’ll be ecstatic if I get to eat my words on that, though.