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"Chaotic" is one way to describe the mess lawmakers have made of the U.S. House of Representatives in recent weeks. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is right to be concerned about what this round of political theater will do to our government.
"I'm very concerned about what can be accomplished when I see what's happened over on the House side," Capito said during a stop in Wheeling. " … Kevin McCarthy is a very good friend of mine and was, I think, dealt a difficult hand and really served well as Speaker. Only eight people was enough to combine with all the Democrats to throw him out."
In the Senate, Capito and others are doing their best to keep working on behalf of the nation.
"… I am concerned, very concerned, about the signals that are coming out of the entire Capitol. I'm hoping that things will calm down and that we can move forward, but I have some trepidation."
She is right to be concerned, as her hope that "saner heads will prevail" may not come to fruition.
This nonsense has gone on long enough. Responsible members of the U.S. House of Representatives are going to have to be the adults in the room and remind those who are behaving like children that their antics will not be tolerated. Surely enough will have the courage to stand together that a competent Speaker will be selected.