President Trump is reportedly considering replacing Reince Priebus, his chief of staff, and Steve Bannon, his chief strategist. President Trump is considering a broad shakeup of his White House that could include the replacement of White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and the departure of chief strategist Steve Bannon, aides and advisers tell us. The candidates are: 1) Kevin McCarthy.  McCarthy is the House majority leader and a right-hand man of former Speaker John Boehner.  During the Obama years, he steadfastedly refused to confront Obama on the budget, but he did attack conservatives who would not vote to lift the debt ceiling or approve more spending.  When Boehner suddenly departed, McCarthy was the leading candidate to replace him.  Then some unproven rumors surfaced that McCarthy was caucusing privately with fellow Rep. Renee Ellmers in a decidedly unpolitical way, and McCarthy decided he no longer wanted to be speaker.  It didn't...(Read Full Post)