If not McCarthy, then who?

Kevin McCarthy is out as House speaker. Now what? Post Opinions columnists Perry Bacon, Jim Geraghty and Dana Milbank gather for an impromptu conversation about where the House should go from here, whom the next speaker might be and whether Democrats have any responsibility to clean up the mess.

Populist passions, not Trump, rule the GOP, by Jim Geraghty

McCarthy’s gone. Republican dysfunction is here to stay, by Dana Milbank

Republicans are in disarray. But they are still winning a lot on policy, by Perry Bacon Jr.