Posted on 10/21/2015 4:28:53 PM PDT by markomalley
The House Freedom Caucus is almost certainly going to organize against a nascent potential House Speakership bid from House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) after he began running his mouth on Tuesday evening, several senior House GOP aides close to the process told Breitbart News.
Ryans office confirms to Breitbart News that he is unlikely to move forward with an effort to run for the Speakership if something doesnt drastically change quickly.
He had a shot before he started running his mouth, one senior GOP aide to a senior House Freedom Caucus member said when reached by phone early Wednesday.
The aide said he expects that at least 75 percent of the members are going to oppose Ryan after what Ryan demanded from Republicans in Tuesday evening remarks and in written demands for a potential Speakership bid.
One of Ryans demands was a change to House rules that would significantly alter the ability for members to remove a Speaker using a motion to vacate the chair. That is the mechanism by which outgoing House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was pressed to resign by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and its one of the key checks in government that Thomas Jefferson first crafted. Ryans office has scrambled to explain away the demand, and downplay the significance of it, to no avail thus far.
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What do you think it might be, drug money?
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Trump and Fiorina are amnesty advocates, but they take the stealth path.
And Carson thinks we need to be nice to our illegal aliens.
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Agreed.
And by participating in this kabuki political theater, RYNO now has political FAVORS to call in. “Look, I tried...” “I was bipartisan...Harry Reid even reached across the aisle to endorse me...”
Back to Ways and Means...and more back room deals. Maybe RYNO is looking towards 2020?
Marsha Blackburn or Daniel Webster?
why doesn’t that surprise me? RATS the whole lot of them!
REPORT: Freedom Caucus sees path to endorsing Ryan for Speaker
http://therightscoop.com/report-freedom-caucus-sees-path-to-endorsing-ryan-for-speaker/
I’d “get behind” Ryan...
If there was a steep cliff in front of him.
Good riddance.
We RYNO on record REQUIRING 100% Republican Party unity behind him for him to GRACE the speakership with his presence. So I think he’s played this to get out of doing a job he really does t want, but at the same time garnering “favors” from party movers and shakers.
So. I guess that means his election as speaker is now assured?
Oh. And that motion to vacate the chair? Where is it?
What? Not even one “conservative” can gather up the testicles to introduce that one little motion?
Political shell game folks. And we’re the suckers who still play.
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Matt Fuller @MEPFuller
Paul Ryan doesn’t get endorsement of House Freedom Caucus, but roughly 70% voted for him. They can re-vote. @rollcall”
Closer than I would have thought!
I guess I overestimated the danger of this going through but the prospect of Ryan getting in there really scared the hell out of me
Do any of the demands include a time frame for how long he intends to be Speaker? Does he consider this to be a life-time appointment?
He couldn’t have wanted the job or he wouldn’t have presented his list of demands in such a belligerent manner.
Good.
Boehner and Pelosi need to sit down.
I was just thinking today how much Lyin’ Ryan reminds me of Eddie Munster. Thanks for the pic to confirm the resemblance.
Troll, troll, troll, troll merrily down the way.
Mr. Speaker!: The Life and Times of Thomas B. Reed Simon and Schuster, 2011.
The history of the arcane machinations of the House are fascinating. That most of us can't understand the process is understandable.
Highly recommended.
Since he has repeatedly said exactly that, where's the surprise?
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