The idea that Boehner's deputy becomes the next Speaker would mean the GOPe still does not understand the anger and frustration most Reps feel with the current House and Senate leadership. We need a whole new leadership team. Boehner, McCarthy, and Scalise must go and be replaced by an entire new team.
That’s a fair point.
The Speaker’s views however don’t technically matter (though they do) because his job is not to get his way but to get the caucus’s way.
The real job of the Speaker is to get his members re-elected. Not as cynical as it sounds, doing what the voters want gets them re-elected in a perfect world.