Reply #1: It is the job of the Speaker to keep the HOUSE in order. It is the job of the Chairman of the

[MADem]

Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean, to keep the PARTY in order.

I always liked Howard, but he really fucked up on this FL-MI business.

And by "we" I assume you mean the members of this forum who are supporting Obama.

The other "we"--the rather underrepresented "we" here--would "win" in that circumstance.

Madame Speaker is the Speaker for the entire House. She leads ALL THE DEMOCRATS in that body. Not just the Obama or Clinton suppoters. She's RIGHT to keep her mouth shut. Why piss off half her constituency within that legislative chamber any sooner than needs must?

You seem to expect that she'll endorse Obama. She's a woman of a certain age, though. One who fits a demographic predisposition for a particular candidate.

What will you do if she endorses Clinton?

Assumptions are curious things, you know.