>> the Speaker need not be a sitting member of the House <<
Not even required to be a U. S. citizen!
Therefore, now that Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II are no longer available, what say we bring down Canada’s Stephen Harper or Mark Steyn?
Alternatively, if Steve or Mark is not available, we could do worse than Angela Merkel, Václav Klaus, Radek Sikorski or Lech Walesa.
BEN CARSON?