Will the next Speaker be more RW or less RW?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

Thoughts?

[geek tragedy]

1. It's not a matter of being more or less rightwing, it's how fanatical they will be in their tactics

[WI_DEM]

2. Probably a tea partier.

[Laurian]

3. More RW, I think.

Boehner wasn't good, but there are lots who are worse. I'm not necessarily gleeful about him leaving. Lots of hateful people will claim a win on this one and they'll be emboldened.

[Purveyor]

4. More RW and will make life miserable for the President.

This is not good at all!

[DefenseLawyer]

5. Could be an all out civil war

The super crazy and the pragmatic may never find common ground.

[TDale313]

6. More RW.

I have very mixed feelings about this. I do believe the next speaker will be more extreme- in tactics and rhetoric if not in actual policies. Part of me hopes maybe this'd backfire on Republicans but another part feels like they never seem to pay a price for their extremism.

[HughBeaumont]

7. Kevin McCarthy.

MORE RW by a mile.

[jberryhill]

8. More for sure

[B Calm]

9. I think it could be the beginnings of a new political party breaking off

from the tea baggers.

[Reter]

10. It's hard to be less right-wing as a Republican than Boehner

It will probably be another establishment guy. Republicans usually go with those types as leaders. Last exception was Newt. Dole, McTurtle, ets. have all been deal-makers.

[kairos12]

11. New Speaker learns the lesson. Appease the crazies or your out.