is that it will probably be a career killer to whoever takes the job. It could possibly be the last time we hear from the asshole, barring the obligatory job at Faux Noise.

Ryan knows it, too. That's why he doesn't want the job. Whoever sits in that chair for the next year will be the most hated man in Washington, and his legacy will be government shutdowns and ineffectiveness.

Hell, I don't think the Tea Party fanatics like him much either. He 'compromises' too much.

I guess there is hope for our country if he is not around?

Gay rights and abortion aren't working so good anymore as shiny things to keep us all occupied... and they are quickly losing the media on guns.

So we've got this supposed Republican disintegration they can blame for lack of effective policing of the economic predators. Yeah well, the "great recession" might be yesterday's news.... the monkey's off our back. That don't mean the circus left town......

I agree with what you said.

The Tea Party hardliners have been trashing him for years, he's a rhino in their eyes. He will never be able to placate the rabid conservatives who have taken control of the House. Republicans are mired in a chaos of their own making because nobody is going to be "pure" enough for these idiots.

Nobody can be elected and nobody wants the thankless job of cat herder or zombie leader. The irony here is Boehner will be forced to stay on as Speaker, and he maybe he's had enough of these clowns and he will work with Pelosi and the Dems to pass the debt limit and the other big bills to close out his speakership by giving his backstabbing Republican caucus the bird.