At this very late point in the debate, it’s hard to discern even a hint of a strategy among House Republicans about what to do and how to get it done. The GOP plan that seemed to be emerging to vote this week on a debt ceiling extension that included tea party legislative priorities and punt on the CR was abandoned yesterday when the leadership realized it didn’t have the votes from its own caucus to pass that bill.

Here is a gif-summary of the GOP’s current strategy.