Posted on 10/08/2015 1:53:35 PM PDT by Windy City Conservative
Hopefully that’s just a bluff Boehner is using to twist the arms of House conservatives who’d otherwise object to another center-right Speaker. Line up behind Ryan, Boehner is saying, or else I’ll stick around and make your lives even more miserable. What his leverage is in doing that isn’t immediately clear to me; wasn’t the whole reason he quit in the first place because he wasn’t sure he had the votes to survive the challenge being led by Rep. Mark Meadows to oust him? But maybe this little nudge will be enough to convince the Freedom Caucus to give Ryan a shot. Grassroots conservatives might not like that, as Ryan’s lost plenty of goodwill with them from his chumminess with Boehner and his 2013 budget deal with Patty Murray, but he seems to be well respected by most House tea partiers. I bet he’d get to 218 if he ran.
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I sense.a lot of vanity in Ryan. He’s probably fooling around, too
Boehners calls Ryan in attempt to get him to declare for the speaker’s chair. Ryan refuses.
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Self pitying?
Certainly not
The GOP e that people pretend in any way can work for we the people are gone
Paul Ryan will go nowhere. It’s over
Common sense self respecting conservatives are unapologetically taking it back
No grey area. The enemy’s favorite color is grey
2013—Lyin’ Ryan targeted and stabbed military retirees (include those retired medically) in the back when he struck a deal with Sen. Patty Murray to reduce retirement COLAs. Same deal that they wanted to payout over $4 billion to illegals invading our country.
It took two votes to overturn this piece of garbage. I’d never vote for him for anything.
Newt endorsed McCarthy for the job. Much like he endorsed Dede Scuzzobama for Congress.
He also caved to Clinton on the first government shutdown, boned one of his staffers, and resigned in shame after losing seats in 1998.
This was my third post #66 today.
Bring in Allen West...
Mark Levin’s choice, too.
Can Boehner stay as Speaker for ever?
Does his term end at certain point?...
There are no term limits, but elections for Speaker are held at the start of each new congress or with a vacancy.
Thanks...did not know that.
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