I had heard that the Speaker of the House Rules was that it could be ANYONE.. and that the Speaker chooses Chairman of Committes and has a LOT of power to bring legislation to the floor. I think he would be GREAT... and then he could be President in 2024.
As I understand it, just about anybody can be elected Speaker. The Constitution simply says the House will ‘choose’ someone; no instruction as to any qualifications.
Nobody who wasn’t a member has ever been chosen, but that’s meaningless, now. (We’ve never had an out-of-office President ‘removed’ from his non-existent ‘office’ yet, either.)