[joesbucks]

It’s not so very wrong, as the position requires balance. The Speaker does need to have powers, and if you negotiate or delegate away those powers, you essentially become impotent and meaningless.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

No one said that the Speaker should not have any power but they are not the only person who matters in the House.

It is the PEOPLE'S HOUSE not the fiefdom of a dictator. We are not liberals yearning for some "strong Swamper" to run our lives.

And Lutz's boy friend has made himself impotent and meaningless.