My opinion of both McCarthy and Ryan went up a couple notches when the
first declined to run, and the second said he doesn't want the job.
The pure notion of 40 (or so individuals) dictating who leads "the
majority" is ludicrous beyond description. Makes for great theater though.
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On 10/12/2015 8:54 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I see the same mistake in the current contest to see what poor schmuck
gets to be Speaker of the House. They want to make it about ideology,
and yes it’s about getting the ideology of the majority caucus into
legislation, but the Speaker should be a get-stuff-done type, not an
ideologue. People still remember Sam Rayburn and Tip O’Neill. Hey,
they could bring Newt Gingrich or Denny Hastert out of retirement.
Looks like Hastert will avoid jail time, and he could probably use the
money after paying all that hush money.
