"Come November, the speaker may not be the speaker anymore, I'm not sure, but I know the governor will be governor," Dobis said.
Democrats hold a 52-48 majority in the House, including Dobis' vote. The governor and House Republican leader Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, have been recruiting candidates and raising money to try to take back the House for the GOP in the November general election. Republicans control the Indiana Senate.
Dobis said Bauer's tenuous hold on his position as speaker of a Democratic majority in the House is making him "paranoid" about the governor.
"I think he must see him in his dreams because he's always lurking in the shadows even when he's not even around," Dobis said. "You don't get positive things done that way."
But the paranoia is only part of the problem, Dobis said. The way Bauer runs the House chamber, as if he were in Washington, D.C., is not an effective way to solve Indiana's problems, he said.
"I think the speaker is trying to imitate (U.S. House) Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She tries to control her caucus, and she's lost control," Dobis said. "The chemistry is not good in here."
"We've got to get civil again. We've got to take politics off the table on important projects."
The most telling quote was "... he may not be the speaker anymore ..." Is he the first to predict that November will be a landslide for Republicans in the House and a return to Republican control?
