Well, McCarthy has lost first ballot

Pretty resoundingly. He was down more than 5 votes by the time they got to G. They're up to the R's now, and he has lost 17. No, wait, 18. And here comes Roy with an off-the-wall vote for someone named Donalds. And now Hakeem Jeffries (the Democrat) is AHEAD of McCarthy. And presumably he will stay there until at least the second ballot. I'm loving this. Presumably McCarthy will win eventually when his right wing gets bored with humiliating him in front of a national audience, but considering how mean some of them are it will probably take a few more ballots before they give in.

And who knows? There's always the possibility that 5 disaffected Republicans will join up with the Democrats and vote in somebody like Liz Cheney. 

ETA 12:48pm.  Okay, round 1 is done. Jeffries has 212 votes to McCarthy's 203. Now's the time to strike! All they need is 5 moderate Republicans to join the Democrats and elect Liz Cheney. Or maybe someone even more surprising - how about Oprah? Or Dolly Parton. Everybody loves Dolly Parton, right?