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.
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
Regardless of whether Ryan wins or loses the Republicans will keep control of the House. I am seriously worried, however, that the Democrats will take over the Senate.
Under the 20th Amendment, the new Senate takes office on January 3 but the new President does not take office until January 20.
That means if the Democrats retake the Senate, Majority Leader Schumer will have over two weeks to push through confirmation of all Obama nominees from the Supreme Court to the district courts and there will be nothing the Republican minority can do to stop it.