IN DROVES.

GUESS WHAT?

YOU'RE STUCK WITH US.

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LARRY: HELLO, FOLKS, WELCOME TO

"KUDLOW," I'M LARRY KUDLOW.

WELL, MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS IN

THE HOUSE DIDN'T EXACTLY HIT THE

GROUND RUNNING TODAY BUT THEY

ARE MAKING A NEW YEAR'S SPLASH,

THAT'S FOR SURE.

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING FOR

BETTER OR WORSE.

AS YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN A STRONG

SUPPORTER OF KEVIN McCARTHY

WHO I THINK ABSOLUTELY HAS

EARNED HIS SPURS TO BECOME

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

HE IS A CONSERVATIVE ON THIS

SHOW.

MANY TIMES ON THIS SHOW,

HUNDREDS OF TIMES ON OTHER

PROGRAMS, PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF

TIMES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

KEVIN McCARTHY HAS STOOD FOR

LIMITED GOVERNMENT, LOWER

SPENDING, SUPPLY-SIDE TAX CUTS,

ENDING REGULATORY WORSE AGAINST

FOSSIL FUELS, CLOSING BORDER

WITH MEXICO, TOUGH ON CHINA,

STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF PARENTS, SO

FORTH, SO ON, RIGHT DOWN THE

LINE.

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IS ABOUT

PERSONALITIES, NOT POLICIES AND

TO ME THAT'S THE WORST TYPE OF

POLITICS THERE IS.

AS OF THIS REPORT MR. McCARTHY

HAS LOST THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF

VOTING, SUFFERING 19 NAY VOTES

IN BOTH CASES.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT THIS

PROCESS.

THE 19 NAY VOTES OF THE SECOND

BALLOT SUPPORTED JIM JORDAN A

GREAT FRIEND A FABULOUS

CONSERVATIVE LEADER WHO ALSO

NOMINATED THE KEVIN McCARTHY

ON THE SECOND BALLOT.

GO FIGURE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THIS WILL BE

RESOLVED AND THE GOP HOUSE WILL

BEGIN IN EARNEST TO BLOCK

JOE BIDEN'S RADICAL POLICIES

THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO

AMERICAN DECLINE IN JUST TWO

YEARS.

THAT IS WHY THE VOTERS PUT THE

GOP IN CONTROL IN ORDER TO

PROVIDE A CHECK ON BIDEN

EX-EXTREMISM.

PLEASE DON'T FORGET HOW

IMPORTANT IS THE POWER OF THE

PURSE WHERE ALL MONEY BILLS,

INCLUDING TAXES, ORIGINATE IN

THE HOUSE.

NOW CONTROLLED BY REPUBLICANS.

ACTUALLY JUST TO LIGHTEN UP A

LITTLE BIT ON THIS STORY, THERE

IS SOME FUN, HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

NOW IN THE MODERN ERA THE LAST

MULTIBALLOT VOTE FOR REPUBLICAN

SPEAKER WAS IN 1923 WHEN

MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN

FREDERICK GILLETTE WAS ELECTED

SPEAKER ON THE NINTH BALLOT,

1923.

GILLETTE WAS CALVIN COOLIDGE'S

MAN.

DON'T FORGET COOLIDGE WAS A

TOUGH-MINDED GOVERNOR OF

MASSACHUSETTS WHO FIRED THE

BOSTON COPS WHEN THEY ILLEGALLY

WENT ON STRIKE.

COOLIDGE PUSHED GILLETTE OVER

THE LINE.

TWO YEARS LATER GILLETTE WAS

ELECTED SENATOR FROM

MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS SUCCEEDED

BY OHIO'S GREAT NICHOLAS

LONGWORTH, WHO RULED THE HOUSE

WITH AN IRON FIST MANY YEARS.

NOW FOR YOU HISTORY BUFFS,

LONGWORTH WAS MARRIED TO

PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S

DAUGHTER ALICE, WHO ALWAYS KEPT

HIS NAME AND FOR ALL THOSE YEARS

WAS KNOWN AS ALICE ROOSEVELT

LONGWORTH, CURMUDGEONLY D.C.

SOCIALITE WHO ALMOST NEVER HAD A

GOOD WORD FOR ANYBODY, NO MATTER

WHICH POLITICAL PARTY THIS IS A

BIT OF A STRETCH IN TERMS OF OUR

DISCUSSION, IN THE SUMMER OF

1969 YOURS TRULY SERVED AS A

SUMMER INTERN IN, THE LONGWORTH

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING.

YOU CAN SEE HOW HARD I'M TRYING

TO CONNECT MYSELF TO ONE OF MY

HEROES, CALVIN COOL EDGE.

I KNOW IT'S A REACH.

COOLIDGE REJECTED ME AS A

RESEARCH ASSISTANT BUT I STILL

THINK HE WAS A GREAT PRESIDENT.

BY THE WAY KEVIN McCARTHY HAS

ACCEDED TO A FREEDOM CAUCUS

DEMAND THAT PERMIT A VACATE THE

CHAIR VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IF

ONLY FIVE REPUBLICAN HOUSE

MEMBERS RAISE THEIR HAND FOR

THAT.

BY THE WAY, THIS IDEA OF

VACATING THE SPEAKER'S CHAIR

WITH ONLY FIVE VOTES FROM THE

FLOOR, STARTED WITH, WAIT FOR

IT, WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, NO,

DON'T GOOGLE IT, STARTED WITH,

THOMAS JEFFERSON.

HE DID SO WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT

OF THE SENATE AS JOHN ADAMS'

VICE PRESIDENT.

HE WROTE THE VACATE THE CHAIR

RULE IN 1800.

NOT EVEN I WAS AROUND THEN.

I WILL ADMIT IT UP FRONT.

SO HOW IS ALL THIS GOING TO END?

I THINK A SOLID REPUBLICAN HOUSE

LEADER WILL EMERGE AND THAT

PERSON IS GOING TO STAND UP FOR

CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES AND STOP

JOE BIDEN'S CENTRAL PLANNERS AND

RADICAL CLIMATE CHANGERS AND BIG

GOVERNMENT SOCIALISTS.

THAT IS HOW IT IS GOING TO END

AND THE COUNTRY WILL BENEFIT

FROM IT.

AND THAT'S WHY I CAN LOOK YOU

ALL STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND WISH