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Report: Paul Ryan mulling White House bid
Daily Caller ^ | 08/16/2011 | Alex Pappas

Posted on 08/16/2011 10:03:04 AM PDT by markomalley

Despite his repeated assertions that he’s not going to run for president in 2012, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan is “strongly considering” getting in the race, according to a report Tuesday.

The Weekly Standard’s Stephen F. Hayes reported that Ryan, a Republican, is vacationing in Colorado this week, where he is discussing with his family the possibility of a run.

“He’s coming around,” a source told Hayes about Ryan’s thinking.

Ryan, a leader on budget issues, is often mentioned in the same sentence as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as a “dream” candidate that GOP donors and activists would like to see join the race.

Karl Rove, the George W. Bush deputy chief of staff, said Monday that he thinks Ryan is taking the prospect seriously.

“I think Chris Christie and Paul Ryan are going to look at it again,” he told Sean Hannity on Fox News. “I’m starting to pick up some sort of vibrations that these kinds of conversations are causing Christie and Ryan to tell the people who are calling them, ‘you know what, I owe it to you, I’ll take a look at it.’”

Just last week, Ryan stoked more speculation when his political action committee, Prosperity PAC, said it will run advertisements in Iowa to defend his proposed “Path to Prosperity” budget.

A Ryan spokesman downplayed the speculation: “While grateful for the continued support and encouragement,” Conor Sweeney told Hayes, “Chairman Ryan has not changed his mind.”

Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol has already called on Ryan to run. Just last month Kristol, mentioning Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, said “Ryan–Rubio or Rubio–Ryan would be a very strong ticket.”


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: paulryan; presidentryan; runpaulrun; ryan2012
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1 posted on 08/16/2011 10:03:06 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley
YES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RUN!!!!

He has been my pick from the start. I can't wait for the debates between them. He is the only one who can totally pick apart Obama on economic issues and leave only liberal shreds behind.

2 posted on 08/16/2011 10:11:18 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Wake up America we are at war with militant Islam and progressives - 2 fronts.)
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To: markomalley

Ryan has crossover appeal. If he gets in the race, he wins. Ryan would trash Obama in any debate.


3 posted on 08/16/2011 10:12:22 AM PDT by brownsfan (I miss the America I grew up in.)
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To: markomalley

I like Paul Ryan but I think for right now he needs to stay where he’s at and give ‘em what for on the budget committee. I like Christi but he’s no Conservative. If Bill Kristol recommends someone, I’m suspect of it......but what do I know?


4 posted on 08/16/2011 10:12:48 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: markomalley

bump.


5 posted on 08/16/2011 10:14:27 AM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: MomwithHope

Obama’s worst nightmare!


6 posted on 08/16/2011 10:14:33 AM PDT by willk
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7 posted on 08/16/2011 10:19:57 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: markomalley

Isn’t Ryan the one who was shilling the pro Super-Committee vote, along with Boehner and Cantor?


8 posted on 08/16/2011 10:20:12 AM PDT by Watt A. DeBochle
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Hmmmmm.....not so sure. I don’t think he did a good job communicating to the general public what his budget was about. Plus, I don’t think his budget went far enough.


9 posted on 08/16/2011 10:22:47 AM PDT by Spirit of Liberty
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I love him and think he’s the best debater the GOP has — polite but firm. Willing to work with the Left but not willing to play along with “increases are cuts” nonsense. I have donated to him and his PAC. But its too late for him to run for president. He is not a Rich Perry who can get a national organization up and running in a month or two. He will flame out and diminish himself. Moreover, he will have plenty of power on the budget committee. That is where he is best suited. Having said that, if he wanted to run just to hold candidates feet to the fire on spending, I wouldn’t mind that. Run without really trying to win.


10 posted on 08/16/2011 10:22:53 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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From Karl Rove on Hannity. Great.....sounds like he is trying to boost Hannity ratings.

I love the way hannity’s show is pre-taped during the day so when some important vote or race is going on live at night (like in WI) at the same time he's busy talking about Obama’s weeks events or some prostitute school teacher scandal.

11 posted on 08/16/2011 10:23:27 AM PDT by sickoflibs (If you pay zero Federal income taxes, don't say you are paying your 'fair share')
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To: Watt A. DeBochle

“Isn’t Ryan the one who was shilling the pro Super-Committee vote, along with Boehner and Cantor?”

There is no one who would pass the FR purity test. No one.

In my opinion, Ryan gives us the best shot to win the general, and still have someone who will do good thing for America.


12 posted on 08/16/2011 10:23:40 AM PDT by brownsfan (I miss the America I grew up in.)
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To: markomalley

He might as well jump in:
Rick Perry backed an already-climate-crusading Al Gore in ‘88


13 posted on 08/16/2011 10:23:46 AM PDT by Tuketu (Socialize the Legal System. Then we are all equal before the law.)
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To: MomwithHope

My first thought: There is no one I’d rather see in a presidential debate with President Obama than Paul Ryan.

Second thought: How long after the primary season would it take the Obama campaign to argue that presidential debates are an outdated relic of the past?


14 posted on 08/16/2011 10:23:57 AM PDT by jz638
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To: markomalley

He led the way in support of raising the debt ceiling by $2.4 TRILLION dollars. No thanks.


15 posted on 08/16/2011 10:25:44 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (In the long run spritzing perfume on the rotting elephant really won't make that much difference.)
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To: jz638

“Second thought: How long after the primary season would it take the Obama campaign to argue that presidential debates are an outdated relic of the past?”

I thought that as well, but I don’t think even the Pravda/Obama coalition could totally avoid debates without taking serious damage in image.

There would be 2 or 3 of them.


16 posted on 08/16/2011 10:27:22 AM PDT by brownsfan (I miss the America I grew up in.)
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To: markomalley

We need Paul Ryan to stay in the House for some needed political seasoning. He could be an excellent Presidential candidate in 2016 or 2020.


17 posted on 08/16/2011 10:29:01 AM PDT by DFG (Can We Bankrupt The Country? YES WE CAN)
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To: markomalley

I think Ryan should stay in the House and burnish his credentials as a budget expert and conservative leader.

But then again, I thought Palin would have been much better served if she fought through the nonsense and remained as Alaska Gov. for her full term.

But what do I know?


18 posted on 08/16/2011 10:29:51 AM PDT by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
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To: Dawgreg

“I like Paul Ryan but I think for right now he needs to stay where he’s at and give ‘em what for on the budget committee.”

Well he can do what seems to be the new trend now...Keep his seat, run and when he wins, give the seat up!


19 posted on 08/16/2011 10:35:15 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: willk

I’m starting to wonder if Palin has been waiting on Ryan to decide, and maybe vice versa who knows. That would make a powerful ticket.


20 posted on 08/16/2011 10:35:37 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Wake up America we are at war with militant Islam and progressives - 2 fronts.)
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