McCarthy Elected Speaker of the House in the Dead of Night

Just after the witching hour of midnight struck, Kevin McCarthy was finally elected to the House speakership on Saturday morning.

Not exactly a prime time to gloat over his hard-fought battles with Americans sleeping through the swearing-in ceremonies.  

It took 15 pathetic attempts and a lot of groveling (something he excels at) to finally get his rag tag party to agree that he should be their fearless leader.

It was getting ugly by the 14th attempt and a couple of Republicans had to be separated like two bad boys in a reform school. 

That humiliation may have moved the needle embarrassing them enough to come together in a devil's pact for the remainder of McCarthy's soul.

I suspect he won't last long with the new rules neutering the speaker's power and making him vulnerable to an in-house coup the moment one of the crazies feel neglected. 

But one never knows how low he will go to cling to the puppet speakership. 

As it stands, the 118th Congress will be remembered for a lot of reasons. None of them good ones.