Breaking news: Speakers raise a lot of money

Breaking news: Speakers raise a lot of money

ANALYSIS — Speaker Mike Johnson’s record-setting fundraising haul for the second quarter shows it’s time for a Beltway tradition to be laid to rest. Every time Republicans are faced with electing a new speaker, there’s a fresh round of stories featuring party operatives and lobbyists fretting over the GOP’s fundraising future and casting doubt over prospective speakers’ ability to to fill the shoes of the departing incumbent. “The House G.O.P Ha…