When Kevin McCarthy was struggling early this year to get enough votes from his own Republicans to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democratic President Joe Biden called the prolonged saga a national embarrassment, then had a little fun.
"I've got good news for you," Biden said, pointing playfully at a reporter after a speech in Kentucky. "They just elected you speaker."
Like the deal they crafted, the relationship the two men forged does not look pretty but appears to have gotten the job done. McCarthy, a 58-year-old Californian, is representative of a pugilistic style of Republican politics that took root with the "Tea Party" and blossomed under former President Donald Trump.
"I never had somebody from the White House reach out to me. Not one person from the administration called me. I called them," the House speaker told reporters at a Republican retreat in March.
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