The Very Definition of Insanity

The United States House is deadlocked and it hasn't seated any of its new members yet.  The House of Representatives still hasn't picked a leader.

Representative Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, California wants to be the Speaker of the House but he doesn't have the support of the entire Republican party.  There are about 20 holdouts who identify as conservative that oppose McCarthy.  Since Tuesday when the speaker was supposed to be elected by the Republicans, who control the house, McCarthy's support has dwindled.

Meanwhile, the Democratic party is in lock step and has voted for its party's leader Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn, New York to lead the house.  Just one problem, Jeffries and his party don't have enough votes to win the job without help from the Republicans.  And that won't happen in this house where  bi-partisanship is little more than a concept.  Apparently, there are no statesmen in the lower chamber.

So, after three days and 10 tries, there is no Speaker of the House.  Ten times McCarthy has been nominated and ten times he has failed.  Reporters claim McCarthy has made concessions to the conservatives in his party, but they aren't budging.

Albert Einstein once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different end result.  You could logically conclude the members of the US House are insane.