CIB-173RDABN wrote: “I don’t know enough to know who will become the new speaker, but I suspect whoever it is will always keep in mind that if you stray to far in accommodating the other side, your side may yank you back.”
Only eight republicans voted to vacate, hardly the ‘other side’. In fact, one might say those eight were indistinguishable from the democrats.
Yes, it seems those eight republicans did what the democrats wanted.