Posted on 10/08/2015 5:00:08 PM PDT by cotton1706
Rep. Paul Ryan has repeatedly indicated he is not running for speaker of the House, even as heavy hitters — including retiring Speaker John Boehner -- urge him to reconsider.
But Thursday night, it looks like Ryan may be changing his tune.
Speaking to a gaggle of reporters for three-and-a-half minutes, Ryan repeatedly refused to rule out a run, repeating over and over: "I've got no news for you."
The reason for the questions: Ryan's repeated previous denials haven't dissuaded anyone from asking him about the top job.
As the shock of Kevin McCarthy's decision not to seek the top job wore off Thursday afternoon, eyes turned to Ryan, the former vice presidential nominee and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Influential and well-respected throughout the GOP caucus, Ryan could be a peacemaker between the warring factions.
News that Ryan cleared his schedule and canceled fundraisers only added to the chatter he could change his mind. A source close to Ryan told CNN he is still a hard no on running, and simply didn't want to raise money at this "frantic time."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
RomneyCARE Jr. is NOT acceptable to conservatives.
Why not just make Bishop RomneyCARE the Speaker?
Why Ryan, cause he’s just a bit over half bad?
Anything to stop a real conservative from becoming speaker.
I have no doubt that the GOP establishment would vote for Nancy Pelosi before they would vote for a real conservative.
Mark Levin for Speaker!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Ryan chairs the extremely powerful Ways and Means Committee. He would probably be foolish to give that up.
This has got to be a joke.
Ryan waivers in his stand to not run or speaker.
FReep mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
I am not thrilled with Ryan since 2012, but we could do worse. He’s a good communicator and known entity. He’s an idea guy, as opposed to Boehner and McCarthy who are just party hacks. We could do better, but we could do a lot worse too.
Please, no.
Barely better than Boehner!
Ryan could easily be the best selection for Speaker.
He’ll get great support from the Tea Party and the GOPe, but will be much more conservative than Chaffetz or Webster.
Don’t bother listing your gripes about his various positions.
As Speaker Ryan will be free to be his own man, and will prove to be more conservative than anybody else WHO COULD HAVE BEEN ELECTED.
{”He’s a good communicator and known entity”}
He actually did not do well against Crazy Uncle Joe in the
Debates as I saw it. But, yes, he’s a small step up from Boehner.
Eric Cantor: Primary loss to the Tea Party.
Kevin McCarthy: Loss of the Speakership to the Tea Party, while trying to follow John Boner, run out of the Speakership by the Tea Party.
Paul Ryan: Do you really want to try this? Are you confident in your conservative bona fides?
I don't think so.
RINO RYAN is a horrid choice.
Paul Ryan is NOT a Conservative.
He’s the wrong man for the job.
I do think that Ryan, if he goes back to his roots, can be a good compromise candidate. But here is the deal. If he leaves the ways and means committee, which is probably second in power to the speakership, who moves into the chairmanship of the ways and means committee? That needs to be part of the deal if Ryan is involved.
These GOPe hacks are desperate.
He would be a Category Five Hurricane of Mass Amnesty and Crony Capitalist shake downs Hopefully this Rotten ego maniac thinks he will be a VP candidate again. He needs to be primaried and removed
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.