Our GOP Senator Mark Kirk
told RollCall that he thinks Congressman Peter Roskam has what it takes to one day be Speaker of the House.
Sen. Mark S. Kirk, R-Ill., who spent a decade in the House, said in a wide-ranging interview with CQ Roll Call that he believes Roskam has what it takes to lead the party.
“My hope would be, yes,” Kirk said, when asked if Roskam, the chief deputy whip, one day would be speaker. “I think Petey has a great career ahead of him. I thought when he got elevated to the position, with the normal churning of leadership, that someday Roskam could be speaker.”
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| Roskam with Speaker Hastert's Desk |
Besides Senator Kirk, there'd be at least one other big ILGOP booster: former Speaker Dennis Hastert. The Speaker is standing behind Roskam and even has asked Peter Roskam to sit in his spot. (his desk!).
From a release:
Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) released a web video today, first seen on Facebook, discussing a historic desk he recently received from former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert. The former Speaker recently sent his personal desk as Speaker to Roskam.
The desk has a long and distinguished history among Illinois Members of Congress. First used by Majority Whip Leslie Arends in the late 1940s, it was then passed down to then-Minority Leader Congressman Robert Michel in the 1980s, then in turn to Hastert.
