If Dems retake the House, who would make the best Speaker?

[FLAprogressive]

[HopeHoops]

1. Alan Grayson.

Of course that would require him to run again (and he WOULD win).

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. No, it would not

The Constitution only states:

The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html

It does not mention any requirement that the Speaker be a member of the House.

[HopeHoops]

11. Yeah, well shit. I keep a copy by my desk and just looked and that is the last paragraph.

Okay it is only one sentence, but it is set off as a paragraph.

[DJ13]

10. Spot on

We need a firebrand as Speaker, not more excuses for why surrender is the only option.

[daa]

2. A bigger part of the problem is the leadership Hoyer has to go nt

[FLAprogressive]

4. Oh yeah, him too.

[robcon]

3. Steny Hoyer would be the best choice.

n/t

[FLAprogressive]

5. He's even worse than Pelosi.

[William769]

6. I use to have a t-shirt when I was younger

saying on the front women belong in the House and on the back it said and the Senate.

Pelosi makes me ashamed of that t-shirt. Does that give you my answer?

[Scuba]

7. Marcy Kaptur....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x591913

[FLAprogressive]

8. She'd be a great choice as well. I just put it between these two so we didn't get vote-splitting.

[Dreamer Tatum]

12. Klipsch. No question. nt

[FLAprogressive]

13. who?

[meegbear]

14. The Rude Pundit ...

well at least it would make C-SPAN more interesting.

[jaysunb]

15. James Clyburn n/t