He may be smarter than I thought. There may never be the requisite numbers behind any candidate. Boehner could be there for a while. I could see the RINOs and “conservatives” having enough power to block each others candidates. Where would a compromise candidate come from.
Nancy Pelosi or Steny Hoyer need 30 Republican votes to become the next Speaker.
I don't think that represents a serious obstacle.
leave to pubs to not have the discipline nor the statesmanship to back one candidate to rid themselves of an onerous one.
The democrats vote on the Speaker so take those into consideration.
“I could see the RINOs and “conservatives” having enough power to block each others candidates. Where would a compromise candidate come from.”
Maybe a compromise between an establishment squish (conservative ranking circa 46%) and a conservative (conservative ranking circa 92%), thus settling for someone in the middle (conservative ranking circa 69%)?