Kevin McCarthy has already lost

Kevin McCarthy is the new Speaker of the House -- but his extremist colleagues will be doing all the speaking.

Get ready to see a lot more of this.

For the past week, Republicans have engaged in the humiliating spectacle of trying (and failing, failing, failing, failing, failing, failing, failing, failing, failing, failing, failing, failing, failing,and failing) to nominate Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Just after midnight on Saturday, they finally clai…