I don’t know why I hadn’t even considered that.
Mitt obviously wants back in the game, so if Orrin Hatch is really staying (at Trump’s personal behest), Mitt may see the Speakership as the only Brass Ring now available for someone at his stage in life. “I’ll take it!”
[Mitt may see the Speakership as the only Brass Ring now available]
MITT still has his eye on the PRESIDENCY.