It feels like 2013 again. 

Back then, a beleaguered Republican speaker of the House was forced into a government shutdown by firebrands in his caucus who considered him insufficiently pure. 

A revolution in GOP politics has happened since, and yet a beleaguered Republican speaker of the House has been forced to the verge of a government shutdown by firebrands in his caucus who consider him insufficiently pure. 

The difference is that Mike Johnson — unlike his predecessor John Boehner — isn’t just dealing with an internal revolt in his caucus.

He also had the single most powerful Republican politician on the planet and his extremely influential sidekick turning against his handiwork, namely, Donald Trump and Elon Musk, respectively. 

Johnson did make a misstep with the so-called continuing resolution to keep the government funded past a looming deadline.

He added Republican priorities, and then, to placate the Democrats who control the Senate and the White House, added Democratic priorities.

What was supposed to be a stopgap measure to avoid a government........

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