Posted on 10/12/2015 3:12:05 PM PDT by cotton1706
If rebel conservatives and establishment Republicans in the House can agree on anything, it's likely supporting Paul Ryan for speaker.
Across the Sunday talk shows, members of the Freedom Caucus that helped drive Speaker John Boehner toward retirement said they could swing behind Ryan in the wide-open race for a successor. That's what Boehner and his allies want, too. But the fragile, theoretical consensus falls apart over just how the speaker should wield power.
Freedom Caucus members want major changes in how the House works, including shifting some power from their speaker to committee chairmen. The ideal speaker, these conservatives say, would answer to Republicans, even if that leads to such consequences as government shutdowns. Others see the speaker as responsible, ultimately, for governing — the minimum, senior Republicans say, required to maintain GOP majorities in Congress and win the presidency in the 2016 elections.
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MARSHA BLACKBURN for SPEAKER!!!!
Ryan wants to be dictator.
Just say no to RINO Ryan.
No way!
Reorganizing the house must be part of deal. He will never do that
"You like me! You really like me!"
If Karl Rove and George Will endorse Paul Ryan that tells you all you need to know about him!
Reportedly, the guy loves every amnesty program he ever saw and actively supports them all. In today’s political environment, that should disqualify him right there.
Sounds like he expects to be ANNOINTED instead of APPOINTED.
HE’S A WEASEL AND A CLOWN.
Will Ryan accept prison on the same terms?
If so, we may have a deal: )
Obama wants this. Oh hell no.
NOOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!!
If Paul Ryan had been Speaker, the Gang of Eight Bill would have gone to Obama’s desk.
Time to move on from this nuttiness. Paul Ryan would be just as bad as McCarthy and he doesn’t even want it.
FUPR.
RYAN is not a change from Boner. Effing romneybot.
He does not want to work and can’t take criticism. If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
It is going to have to be one helluva horse trade.
What are the Establishment Republicans going to have to give up to win the (reluctant) support of the Liberty Caucus and the T.E.A. party types?
Party unity be damned. There is what is proper and right, and there is Democrat-lite.
No.
NO NO NO
Newsmax is a Murdoch Propaganda outlet trial balloon ! The exact same crap from K street media puppets for Mccarthy . The cibservativeclike him blah blah blahhh,all,lies . I read yesterdatpy the guy did not have the votes This smells like a pr release by Rove and the Billionaire blood suckers to sweet talk that evil Ryan into the fighting for the job
It’s sickening. They cooked up this dramatic Ryan waiting game to cool conservative momentum. They know EXACTLY what to do. Again. It’s sickening. But we must all be made aware of it.
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