Posted on 03/16/2016 2:55:48 PM PDT by drewh
Former House Speaker John Boehner has taken a step back from his promise on Wednesday morning to back House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)56% for the GOP’s 2016 nomination.
“He has endorsed Governor John Kasich,” his spokesman, David Schnittger, told Breitbart News via email.
“His off-the-cuff comments this morning [in Florida] were about a hypothetical scenario in which none of the current candidates are able to secure the nomination at the convention,” said Schnittger, a “senior policy advisor” at the D.C. lobbying firm, Squire Patton Boggs.
Establishment GOP leaders are hoping to defeat Donald Trump’s drive for the nomination, and hope to vote through an establishment-friendly replacement, such as Kasich or Ryan — if Trump is not backed by a majority of the delegates on the first ballot at the July convention in Cleveland
On Tuesday, Kasich won his home-state primary in Ohio, giving him a platform to run for the nomination.
On Wednesday morning, at an event in Florida, Boehner declared his support for Ryan. “If we don’t have a nominee who can win on the first ballot, I’m for none of the above,” Boehner said. “They all had a chance to win. None of them won. So I’m for none of the above. I’m for Paul Ryan to be our nominee.”
But Boehner’s support for Kasich may be only a half-step back, because Gov. John Kasich shares the same cheap-labor, high-profits economic policy pushed by Ryan.
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I guess the trial balloon crashed.
A good cry always clears his head.
Goodbye, John. We definitely knew ye.
I guess the trial balloon crashed.
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..... in a Hindenburg sort of way.
Stock tip: shares of Johnny Walker Red SHOULD be heading UP.
Should read ......
“His off-the-cuff comments this morning [in Florida] were because he was drunk out of his freakin’ mind again.”
Oh the humanity!
Boehner, maybe this is a sign that you should just stop ‘endorsing’ anybody for the time being. It’s bad for business. Don’t you have a round of golf to play with Biden?
You’d think he could afford a riding lawnmower.. But NO.. He might get a ticket. Or drive it into the koi pond.
He sure drove this country in the weeds.
That bottle on the right in the picture makes me wonder why I decided to stop drinking. That’s a breakfast of champions.
Very good, sums it up for JB.
Because you remember the following morning? (or 7 days later...)
That’s a baby step forward John. You’re actually backing someone who is running. Now step back and endorse someone who has a chance to win in an honest contest - but then you’ve been having trouble with honest.
As you’ve pointed out before, Boehner never gave Obama a dollar more than he asked for.
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