The Roots of Dysfunction?

Photo by Chad Stembridge

I was frustrated by the progress to elect the new Republican Speaker of the House.

It seemed to me that the process was cumbersome and chaotic and long. “What the hell….” I yelled at C-Span a few times.

It felt incomprehensible that twenty (20!!!) participants could hold 202 sensible people hostage. The 202 could and did make a decision! In my opinion, the twenty holdouts behaved like…