What kind of Speaker would John Boehner be? 5 theories How will
the Ohio Republican define himself as the presumptive successor
to Nancy Pelosi? John Boehner is one of 12 children from a
working-class family in Ohio and has said he's "had every rotten
job there ever was."  f Republicans win control of the House of
Representatives next week, as most prognosticators predict, the
odds-on favorite to be the next Speaker of the House is Ohio
Republican John Boehner, the body's current minority leader.
Boehner is a bon vivant from blue collar Ohio roots, whose love
of golf, Camel cigarettes, and red wine is as legendary as his
perpetually tan skin. But what kind of House Speaker would he
be? (Watch Newt Gingrich endorse Boehner.) Here, five theories:
A kinder, gentler speaker Boehner insists that, unlike Pelosi or
his former mentor Newt Gingrich, he would be "a very different
kind of politician" as Speaker, says Paul Kane in The Washington
Post. Instead of shutting out the minority party, Boehner says
he would let