House Leadership Megathread: it's House of Cards but without the monologues

[Joe Republic]

The Speaker can be from the minority party?

It says a lot about the average American that even people who post on politics forums haven't even bothered to read the Constitution.

I'm sorry but I don't see how "The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers" would, on its own, definitively answer Mr. Bigby's question

There is zero mention of political parties ANYWHERE in the Constitution so why would being in the majority party be a prerequisite for a job outlined in the document?

This is basic Constitution stuff.  It doesn't even require reading comprehension.

You brought up the Constitution first. 

[Joe Republic]

Adam Kinzinger is the person I'd like to endorse.

No offense, but why?

He has less than five years of legislative experience, no experience in Conference leadership, no experience in the leadership of any Committee, no experience leading any sort of caucus or other congressional group, and he hasn't even served as a whip. He's a newbie backbencher that has literally zero authority, seniority, or experience in any manner whatsoever that would suggest in any way that he could somehow lead a 249-person organization he has absolutely no familiarity with, and somehow do so competently in spite of the fact that the Republican Conference is more fractured and rebellious than at any point in recent history.

I don't mean to single you out but this is just the latest and most egregious example in a constant trend of commentators suggesting increasingly less qualified people as a potential Speaker, as if it was just a popularity contest for a figurehead role and not the single most difficult job in Washington today

Cresent hardy for speaker imo