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Being Speaker of the House is a really tough spot.

— Marsha Blackburn

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

After hearing from my colleagues, I have decided to run for Speaker of the House. Let's work together to make a difference for our country.

— Kevin McCarthy

I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right.

— Dan Webster

As a former minority leader who became the first Republican Speaker of the House in Florida since Reconstruction, I know that leadership is not an easy task.

— Dan Webster

I think the speaker of the House in Congress should be like the Massachusetts speaker: all-powerful. He should appoint committee chairmen and remove them if they stray from the party line. He should be answerable only to the caucus, which can remove him at any time. I'd throw the seniority system out on its ear in Congress.

— Thomas P. O'Neill

I'm probably one of the only people who has voted for the speaker of the House but didn't serve in Congress.

— Martha McSally

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

— George H. W. Bush

Speaker Boehner is doing a great job.

— Phil Gingrey

Newt Gingrich is a boastful kind of guy. But when it comes to Wall Street, the former House speaker is surprisingly modest.

— Gary Weiss

I'm a horrible public speaker.

— Bill Condon

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm not going to lie to you: being Speaker of the State Assembly is the best job I've ever had in my entire career. But you know, I got into politics 'cause I wanted to make a difference, and I was always raised that one person could make a difference.

— Jeff Fitzgerald