It's past time the adults in Congress took over

 House Speaker Mike Johnson is safe for the moment.

The GOP representative from Louisiana survived a motion to vacate brought against him by Georgia Misrepresentative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Wednesday, and, in the words of Keith Olbermann, Greene's motion was beaten like a rented goalie, as Democrats & Republicans united to vote down the measure.

While the measure could be brought back at a later date, there's no point. Greene's upset that Johnson worked with Democrats on funding for Ukraine, among other things, and, depending on what media sources you read, her #1 patron, a certain defendant in New York, appears to have soured on her as well, perhaps jealous that her need for the spotlight has become just as addictive as his own.

We sought to get a statement from Empty-G's press secretary, and got this:

"No comment."

Gee, what a surprise.

The message being sent to Greene and other "extreme" members of the GOP is that the time for posturing for the cameras is over, and the real work in the House needs to be done, preferably yesterday. Johnson, in his defense, is trying to steer the GOP back toward traditional governing, if only he could convince the nuttier members of his party to stop trying to win points with the oldest bloviator in the country.......!