Posted on 04/11/2018 1:31:49 PM PDT by Hadean
WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul D. Ryan announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in November, ending a brief stint atop the House and signaling the peril that the Republican majority faces in the midterm elections.
Mr. Ryan said he will serve until the end of this Congress in January, which will mark 20 years in Congress. He insisted he will be “leaving this majority in good hands with what I believe is a very bright future.”
But his retirement, at the age of 48, is sure to kick off a succession battle for the leadership of the House Republican Conference, likely between the House majority leader, Kevin McCarthy of California, and the House majority whip, Steve Scalise of Louisiana. And it could also trigger another wave of retirements among Republicans not eager to face angry voters in the fall and taking their cue from Mr. Ryan.
As if on cue, Representative Dennis Ross, Republican of Florida, announced his retirement an hour after Mr. Ryan.
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Good for him...Now he won’t have to be so secretive about those 8-years of bath-house conferences with obunghole...
Hillary must have stopped giving him money.
McCarthy is excellent? This is the first time I’ve heard that.
Can you imagine LBJ quitting in 1960 because he wanted to spend more time with Luci and Lynda?
Go Scalise
If it’s between McCarthy and Scalise, go with Scalise, easy.
Admittedly, it would be kind of cool for Scalise to get the job as he is my congressman.
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The farm boy has a solid footing in reality.
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Scalise is in no shape physically to take on such a job presently.
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There is very little chance of the dems picking up the seat.
Not if his seat goes to a democrat.
All vacant House seats have special elections...all of them, so it doesn’t really matter. No one is appointed to a House seat.
He would have been reelected as many times as he ran, so perhaps he is telling the truth. Remember, he did not want the job...no real conservative stepped up, so quit feeling so proud of yourself.
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No conservative has ever held the speakership since WW II.
Being speaker requires compromising one’s beliefs.
I thought it was cool to have the Speaker be from my state. Of course it didn’t turn out well. ;d
He fought pretty hard for that seat two years ago. Especially from behind his wall.
That’s the go-to Happy Dance of all Happy Dances!
That’s another good one! “Frankenstein dancer” is pretty funny, too!
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