Several alternatives to Ryan will surface. Among prominent non-Representatives will be Newt, Giuliani, etc., and perhaps mischievously some member of Trump’s administration (Bannon?). Among current Representatives surely are Gowdy and Jordan, but I’d like to add California’s Tom McClintock as a conservative with both wisdom and political savvy.
Didn’t McClintock criticize the ‘rebellion,’ against Boehner? I realize it saddled us with Ryan, but at the time, we had more than reasonable cause to reject Boehner.