Shocking News: John Boehner to Resign Speakership, Leave Congress

While it was well-known that Boehner’s job was in jeopardy, his announcement Friday morning came as a shock.

It is more than a little interesting that Mr. Boehner announces his resignation one day after the Pope's speech to Congress.  However, the press had reported that Congress had resumed squabbling the very afternoon following the Pope's words of inspiration and challenge.

Boehner had become the voice of reason, relatively speaking, amongst a den of rabble-rousers on the political right in the Republican house caucus.  He was a northerner who spoke with a different tone compared with Newt Gingrich of twenty years ago, he of Southern temperament.

McCarthy of California is said to be in line to succeed Boehner.  But who knows what may happen?

It is time to return a Democrat to the Speakership.  Let sanity return.  But first, there must be a Democratic majority.  Is this too much to ask for in 2016?  


John Boehner Will Leave Congress