The incoming House Majority Leader is considering whether he can get away with keeping Ron Paul out of the chairmanship of the House Financial Services Committee panel that oversees monetary policy in order to protect the Federal Reserve from any uncomfortable oversight:
Five GOP leadership aides, speaking anonymously because a decision isn’t final, say incoming House Speaker John Boehner has discussed ways to prevent Paul from becoming chairman or to keep him on a tight leash if he does.
If this happens, it will be a strong indication that the Tea Party is either going to split in two or split from the Republican Party. And this should tell you all you need to know about whether the House Republicans are going to govern any differently than they did the last time they were in power.