HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy landed here from Los Angeles with a bang: He bluntly warned that Republicans will blow the presidency in 2016 if they don't make some radical changes — and
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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), left, speaks while flanked by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) during a news conference at GOP headquarters on Capitol Hill July 22, 2015, in Washington, DC. (Credit:
Cam Hamilton, a Porterville City Council member, talks about Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, a strong favorite to replace House Speaker John Boehner, who is resigning. Porterville is in McCarthy's district. Lewis Griswold lgriswold@fresnobee.com.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, has shown boundless ambition and enjoyed a meteoric rise since his election to the Assembly in 2002 and to the House in 2006. Now 50, he could be a few weeks away from becoming the most powerful