Politico points to a underlying current running against the House Speaker and even keeping the Government running….
House RightWingNuts LEAVING to run in races back home….
The US House?
Who gives a Shit?
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s biggest headaches in the spending fight that’s consuming Washington have one thing in common: They’re coming from House Republicans who are openly eyeing the Capitol exits.
As a shutdown fast approaches, McCarthy is in the fight of his political life against familiar conservative foes led by Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.). Those four hardliners are among the loudest critics of the speaker — and the most vocal in their threats to try to remove him from power.
Gaetz, Norman, Bishop and Rosendale are all building up their political profiles for eventual statewide campaigns, rather than a long career in the House.
Out of the quartet, only Bishop has officially announced a run: He’s currently locked in a primary for state attorney general in 2024. Rosendale, however, is widely expected to enter the GOP primary for the right to challenge Sen. Jon Tester (R-Mont.) this cycle.
The other two are playing the long game; Gaetz is weighing a run for Florida governor in 2026, while Norman is mulling a primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in that same cycle.
The foursome is hardly the first group of lawmakers whose higher ambitions have fueled attention-grabbing clashes with their party’s leadership as they seek a wider audience. Yet the stakes couldn’t be higher for McCarthy and his team right now, with the speaker only able to lose a handful of votes as he tries to steer his party away from a Sept. 30 shutdown cliff — without inspiring his far-right flank to try to strip his gavel….