House republicans nominated Steve Scalise (R Louisiana) 113 to 99 in a closed door meeting.
Questions now are:
- Does he have the votes to win the Speakership?
- How many rounds of voting is that going to take?
- Will Hamas’s attack on Israel force republicans to rally around Scalise/another candidate faster than they otherwise would?
I anticipate the answers being #1 “No,” #2 “Several,” and #3 “Probably not.”