SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: Republican whip Kevin McCarthy

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=06B8ED2B-8148-46DC-A6E0-A71B5DEA371A Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan: The presentation [Republican whip Kevin] McCarthy and other top Republicans are giving to [Republican congressional] lawmakers is stunningly simple and illustrates just how unfamiliar House Republicans are with governing. On presentation slides viewed by POLITICO, McCarthy and other House leaders are using colored, flag-laden charts to show how much debt China and other nations hold. They are explaining to the members how Congress has raised the debt ceiling in the past &mdash; including as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program and Democrats&rsquo; stimulus bill. Pushing back on conservative discontent, they are showing that both the conservative Republican Study Committee&rsquo;s budget and the House Republican budget call for a hike in the debt ceiling. They have a slide explaining why California GOP Rep. Tom McClintock and Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey&rsquo;s plan to prioritize debt payments won&rsquo;t work &mdash; although they don&rsquo;t mention the lawmakers by name...