Sure, Mike Johnson, Why Not?

Friendly guy with a staff of 13 and barely anything in the bank

This week’s monologue text is below — perhaps by 3 PM we’ll have a new Speaker, or not, or maybe shut up, who cares?

Let’s start with this: Who is the Speaker of the House? What are they for? Why do they exist? And why should we care who has that job, who that person is?

I’ve known a number of men who’ve been Speaker of the House, but there is an absolute…