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The G.O.P.’s Defeatist Turn

October 20, 2026

Leigh Ann Caldwell (0:01)

There's no love lost between the two. And you would think that Jim Jordan kind of has his Freedom Caucus base of support, but there's some of those members who think that he's kind of betrayed the cause because he has kind of gone mainstream.

Peter Hamby (0:23)

Welcome to The Powers That Be Daily, Puck's podcast focused on the intersection of Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood, and the players who run it all. I'm Peter Hamby.

It's Tuesday, October 20th. Today, I'm joined by Leigh Ann Caldwell, who tells me that House Republicans are now pessimistically talking about being in the minority next year. But ambitious House members like Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are still gunning to lead the GOP caucus in the next Congress. And Leigh Ann…

Leigh Ann Caldwell (2:44)

Yeah, it's actually going to be three years, I believe next week that Mike Johnson will be Speaker of the House, which is an eternity for Republicans in this modern day Republican era.

Conventional wisdom on the Hill for most people anyway, was that if there's steep losses in the midterms, someone has to go and that's usually the Speaker of the House.

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