He is being forced to resign as speaker of the House, and he is also resigning his seat. The Republicans now say they have learned their lesson from this debacle, but I doubt it. And I doubt it because they still don't seem to be listening. Rep. Steve Largent, Republican from Oklahoma, who wants to be the next Republican majority leader, went on CNN this weekend and listed four issues that he believes are really important to Americans, four issues he wants Congress to spend its time working on. I go around the country saying tax reduction is one of their top priorities.
Some people have strong feelings about it, that's for sure.
Put aside for a moment whether you think Clinton has or will deliver on these items. Just ask yourself if this set of issues is closer to your daily life than the Republican set of issues espoused by Steve Largent. And this is what the Republican leadership does not get. They have fallen in love with ideology and have forgotten that the majority of Americans are not ideologues. The majority of Americans don't care if an idea is Democratic or Republican.