Kevin McCarthy October 11, 2015

Kevin McCarthy had to withdraw from seeking the house speaker post. His unthinking revelation of how purely political the Benghazi inquiry was has taken from his GOP the issue that they planned to never let up on no matter how often Hilary Clinton was absolved of responsibility. Unfortunately it has become the norm in politics (actually it always was) to hammer at an old hat point no matter how often it is debunked or how silly or irrelevant it is. If this turns out to not be an issue based campaign it will not be because there aren’t issues but because for political consultants a slander is easier for a dyed in the wool Republican (or Democrat) to hold onto to defend his choice then is considering real issues. The fact is that few people vote the way they do because of issues. It is much more primal than that. But they can hold onto such debunked stuff as an excuse to feel the way they do.