Gene Chandler has been taking a good deal of heat lately. He deserves it in my opinion. He knows full well the Democrats will make the same hay over the trumped up corn roast scandal, just like they did back then. That means if he wins he’s on the defensive every single day instead of focusing on business. It also means that the entire caucus has to defend their electing him to the post as well, even if they didn’t vote for him to be Speaker.
And if they try to claim they did not vote for him, now we have to defend against attacks of party division over the so-called "ethically challenged" Gene Chandler.
If you, for one moment think that won’t happen you are deluded.