Forbes reported that California Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman dicussed the idea of former President George W. Bush becoming the next Speaker of the House.

Former President Bush is not a sitting member of Congress – and has not held elected office since January 2009, however one does not need to be a member of the House of Representatives to serve in that leadership position. The suggestion may be seen as a counter to the right's recent push for a "Speaker Trump" before Jim Jordan (R-OH) was nominatd to represent the GOP conference.

“[Bush] could come back,” Sherman said. “Obviously, I’m not a real fan of how the Iraq War went, but I would think that any reasonable Republican would be somebody that Democrats could work with — if it was part of a system where you didn’t have five of the most extreme Republicans blocking important legislation and saying, ‘If you bring that to the floor for a vote, we’ll knock you out of your Speakership.’”

Sherman said that Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the GOP conference’s choice, would be "among one of the worst Speakers that we could have."

The original Forbes article without commentary can be found here.