Breaking news from D.C., the election to replace John Boehner as Speaker of the House has been postponed and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — who was once considered the likely replacement for Boehner — has dropped out:
MCCARTHY OUT. Drops out of race for speaker. Election postponed.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 8, 2015
McCarthy out!!!
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) October 8, 2015
"What?" "What?" "Whoa" — heard across the newsroom — @DanaBashCNN live on CNN now covering McCarthy dropping out of the House speaker race
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 8, 2015
Whoa — McCarthy drops out of Speaker's race … leadership races delayed .. yikes GOP disarray
— Ed Henry (@edhenry) October 8, 2015
Rep. Gowdy on McCarthy's comments: 'Kevin screwed up' | http://t.co/P2fBKdoUpt
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 7, 2015
Update. Luke Russert, call your office:
Russert just can't believe he was wrong about McCarthy having it sewn up. He's been smugly insisting that from the minute Boehner announced.
— digby (@digby56) October 8, 2015
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Lulz. Just 10 minutes ago Russert was saying McCarthy had the vote locked up. McCarthy says he didn't have the votes.
— digby (@digby56) October 8, 2015
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated.