The worst job in Washington is within Steve Scalise’s grasp

It is hard: Steve Scalise, the Republican congressman who won his party’s nomination to be speaker of America’s House of Representatives,withdrew from the race after failing to secure broad Republican support. to predict precisely when the vacancy for the worst job in Washington will be filled. Yet Steve Scalise, a congressman from Louisiana, appeared likely to replace Kevin McCarthy as speaker of America’s House of Representatives at the time this issue went to press. It also remained unclear how much humiliation he might have to endure to secure the job, which will be a difficult one, whoever holds the speaker’s gavel next.