The speaker-elect gave a restrained speech that was unexceptional in all but two respects. First, he teared up not once but twice as he talked about his lifelong quest for the American dream and his humble beginnings. Second, he was in no respect the wild-eyed ideologue that the president would have us believe he is. Boehner may surprise. Goodness knows that two years ago, no one expected him to be the speaker.
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