I realize that politics has little, if anything, to do with logic. But if Jim Jordan forcefully nominates Kevin McCarthy, and then dissenters vote against McCarthy, what is the case for Jordan to be speaker? McCarthy already has the other 200-odd Republicans; he needs the dissenters. If Jordan can’t persuade the dissenters to swallow hard and back McCarthy, then what’s the point of bumping McCarthy for Jordan, who likely has materially less support than McCarthy among the non-dissenters? What’s the evidence that, on important votes down the road, Jordan would be any more effective at bringing the dissenters around than he is today?