[SkyPilot]

Um, you do realized that Allen West was defeated in November, right?

Rep Allen West Concedes Defeat

[hummingbird]

"Um, you do realized that Allen West was defeated in November, right?"

Do you need to be a member of the House to be speaker?

Do you need to be a lawyer to be on the Supreme Court?

I know there are some rules like this...

[smoothsailing]

Um, you do realized that Allen West was defeated in November, right?

Yes of course, his "defeat" was gleefully covered extensively in the drive-by media.

You do realize that the House Speaker does not have to be a sitting congressman or even an elected member of that body, right?