It's nearly time once again for everyone's favorite congressional game show: Who Can Get Elected Speaker of the House?
When the new session of Congress opens on Friday, one of the first orders of business will be deciding who gets to hold the gavel. Despite a Republican takeover of the White House and the Senate, November's election did not do much to change or lessen the drama in the House, where the GOP still clings to a very narrow majority. As in the past few years, that means any Republican who wants to be speaker needs to secure support from nearly all of his party's members in the chamber.
