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Paul Ryan Faces the Voters on Tuesday — And It Looks Like a Blowout Is Coming
ijr.com ^ | 8/5/16 | Joe Perticone

Posted on 08/05/2016 11:00:34 AM PDT by cotton1706

House Speaker Paul Ryan is facing an increasingly-publicized primary challenge from Paul Nehlen in Tuesday’s Wisconsin Republican primary.

The race has drawn intrigue from the national media due to a perceived competitiveness, with sites like Breitbart News saying that Ryan is getting nervous about the race.

(Excerpt) Read more at ijr.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: elections; speakerryan; wi2016
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Don't buy it. The Establishment wouldn't have gotten so upset over the past week if this were true.
1 posted on 08/05/2016 11:00:34 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

It’s all over,Ryan voters should stay home


2 posted on 08/05/2016 11:02:17 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: cotton1706

Lib/Rinos trying to suppressing the vote? Where have I seen that before?


3 posted on 08/05/2016 11:02:56 AM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: cotton1706

Jeff Kuhner (WRKO 680am Boston 12 to 3pm) said in the past hr. that it was breaking at a Wisc Rallye tonight Trump will endorse Ryan. I don’t know what to think of it....


4 posted on 08/05/2016 11:03:57 AM PDT by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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To: cotton1706

Mark Belling is a local radio host who sometimes subs for Rush and has a lot of influence there.
He is a Cheap Labor Express propagandist.
He likes Ryan, of course.


5 posted on 08/05/2016 11:04:19 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: taildragger

He is doing the right thing to right the campaign. If Ryan loses he can gloat about it in private. Time to be presidential and show some polish.


6 posted on 08/05/2016 11:06:25 AM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: cotton1706
Sorry, I am buying it. I would be very surprised if Ryan lost.

Polls can be biased sure--but its hard to think a poll could be so biased that a 66 point lead does not lead to a blow out win.

7 posted on 08/05/2016 11:06:58 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: cotton1706

The Nehlen voters tune out any news until after they exit the booth on Tuesday. Just put the blinders on and get there in unprecedented numbers.

And stay motivated!


8 posted on 08/05/2016 11:10:46 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

REMEMBER BREXIT!!!!!


9 posted on 08/05/2016 11:13:56 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: taildragger

I really really hope that’s not true.


10 posted on 08/05/2016 11:15:52 AM PDT by heights
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To: taildragger

Gives me that same queasy feeling every time Sarah goes out there and endorses McQueeg.


11 posted on 08/05/2016 11:16:23 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: AndyTheBear

Weird the polls could be so different. But Ryan most likely will win... we’ll see.

AMP Calypso has ranked the race

Poll Conducted 7-20 7-29

523 Actual Voters in Wisconsin District 1

Will Vote Paul Ryan: 41%

Will Vote Paul Nehlen: 46%

Undecided: 13%


12 posted on 08/05/2016 11:16:50 AM PDT by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: cotton1706

Mr. Trump.

DO NOT ENDORSE RYAN.

Remember how much ObamaTRADE helped Oswald Cruz.


13 posted on 08/05/2016 11:18:36 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: cotton1706
It's clear that Ryan is playing the role that George H.W. Bush played with Reagan. The establishment used Bush as Reagan's adult supervision to keep him on the reservation. They would have given him the Goldwater treatment had he not had Bush on the ticket--and he didn't want Bush on the ticket.

With Ryan as speaker, the establishment undoubtedly believes that it can withstand the chance of a Trump presidency, even as they work for a Hillary win. (They probably think they also need Ryan to withstand a Hillary win.) They know that Ryan will thwart Trump's efforts to build a wall, to stop Muslim immigration, to stop bad trade deals. RYAN WILL SUDDENLY LEARN ABOUT THE POWER OF THE PURSE, which he will use to keep Trump from being able to act on his own.

I would give anything for Nehlen to win, but it would take a miracle. Wisconsin, do your duty! If Ryan wins, the next, most important effort, after getting Trump elected, is for conservatives like those here to use Trump's victory as the grounds for removing Ryan as speaker and replacing him with someone that will work with the new President. A President needs the leaders of his own party to follow his LEAD and those that refuse to commit 100 percent have to go.

14 posted on 08/05/2016 11:19:06 AM PDT by Defiant (After 8 years of Chump Change, it's time for Trump Change.)
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Has Ryan endorsed Trump yet? If he has can you send me the link, cause I can’t find it.


15 posted on 08/05/2016 11:19:06 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: BushCountry

Another one not too long ago.

A poll of likely Republican voters shows House Speaker Paul Ryan well below 50 percent in his race to maintain his seat in Wisconsin’s first Congressional district.
The poll was conducted by P.M.I., with 424 respondents randomly called from a file of 11,000 likely GOP primary voters. It shows that with one month remaining before Wisconsin’s August 9th vote, Ryan is polling at 43 percent.

Ryan’s challenger, Wisconsin businessman Paul Nehlen, is polling at 32 percent.

The Nehlen campaign notes that Ryan’s 43 percent “represents a drop of more than 30 points since the Nehlen campaign began polling likely Republican primary voters earlier in the year.”

“This poll shows voters are considering their options and choosing to opt out of Paul Ryan’s job-killing policies,” Nehlen said.


16 posted on 08/05/2016 11:20:08 AM PDT by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: cotton1706

Men should organize and vote and leave their liberal live-in girl friends at home.


17 posted on 08/05/2016 11:20:26 AM PDT by donna (No one should be allowed to become a citizen or even a resident if they support Sharia Law.)
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To: taildragger

I heard this today on FNC.


18 posted on 08/05/2016 11:21:20 AM PDT by hsmomx3 (TRUMP 2016)
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To: Defiant

While what you say has merit, the fact is that to function as a government Ryan and Trump must work together.

An adversarial relation like many here desire will not be successful


19 posted on 08/05/2016 11:21:41 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP ....Opabinia can teach us a lot)
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To: cotton1706

I pray Nehlen wins and the HuffPo is telling Dems to vote Nehlen on Tues to unseat Ryno but its hard to get rid of incumbents.


20 posted on 08/05/2016 11:21:55 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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