Unless some that are moderate make it clear that unless a moderate speaker is elected, they will vote with Dems. Do the same thing to the far right that they are doing. The problem for the far right is they say us or nothing. The moderates can say us or them so aren’t painted into a corner in the same way.
Obviously, they could do this publicly, but they risk attacks from the right of they do. Doing so privately would be less of a risk, but with bigger upside as obviously they then jump to being a larger part of the party, the government, the nation.
It just seems that none are that brave or want to be speaker. I’d so, why are the in politics?