Posted on 10/09/2015 11:58:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Republicans have urged Paul Ryan to step up for House Speaker in an attempt to bring unity to the GOP caucus. He may already be having that effect. After a mid-morning caucus conference, two potential rivals publicly endorsed the Ways and Means chair for the post, including formally declared candidate Jason Chaffetz:
Chaffetz, who launched his Speaker bid last weekend, said he’d end his bid if Ryan heeds the call to enter the race.
“I’m a huge fan of Paul Ryan. I would support Paul Ryan,” Chaffetz told reporters.
“Part of the reason I got into the race was because people like Paul Ryan weren’t stepping up to do it,” added Chaffetz, the House Oversight Committee chairman.
Ditto, says Darrell Issa, who appeared on Morning Joe earlier to talk up his own potential candidacy and throw shade at Chaffetz. Issa says he also only considered running for it because Ryan had demurred. Issa also says that he’s hearing from Freedom Caucus members that Ryan would be acceptable to them, potentially ending the impasse among House Republicans:
California Rep. Darrell Issa, who had entertained the idea of entering the race himself earlier on Friday morning, said after the meeting that he did “everything except carry his gym bag this morning” in trying to convince Ryan to throw his name into the ring.
“The fact is, Paul Ryan is the right man right now, he has moderate support and he very clearly has conservative support,” Issa said. “Members of the Freedom Caucus have come to me one after the other saying, ‘Let Paul know we would be with him.’ That’s a very good sign after the strained relations that John Boehner had with that same caucus.”
Mia Love says she’s holding out for Trey Gowdy, but he seems immovable on the subject:
“I’m going to keep asking him to run,” Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, said on Thursday of her pleas to Gowdy.
CNN says that several Republicans are now openly saying that Ryan is considering it now:
Rep. Paul Ryan is telling House Republicans privately he is considering running for speaker, several members say.
Ryan informed several members on the House floor of his deliberations, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, told CNN. Stewart added that he urged Ryan to run, with the Wisconsin Republican replaying that he was “thinking and praying on it.” …
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, said that Ryan told him privately he is thinking about it as well. “I think he’s gone from a hard no to he knows he has to consider it,” he said.
Issa’s right about the point made in the video above. Ryan — or whoever takes this thankless post — will need to get 240 votes before jumping in to take it, and not just for personal vanity. The next Speaker has to get investment from all the factions in the House Republican caucus, or it’ll be nothing more than a repeat of Boehner’s tenure the last few years. If the Freedom Caucus will accept Ryan, then it makes sense to ask him to step up for the good of the party. Perhaps the reluctance Ryan has for this endeavor will also pressure everyone into giving him some space to operate for a while, too.
If Ryan passes, though, Gowdy had better expect a lot of attention from his cohorts in Congress.
Ixnay on Paul Ryno. Hire S!.
Well that sux. Not surprising though...sigh.
you joker you! where did you find this? i thought the onion stopped printing.
Elect former Congressman Lt Colonel Allen West as Speaker of the House!
To hell with Ryan!
Theater...
Boehner has said he would “postpone” his resignation until a new Speaker was elected. Has he dropped that?
They might, but we won’t.
Well that was that. The beltway guy has now been found. It is over.
RE: you joker you! where did you find this? i thought the onion stopped printing.
I’m sure you know the difference between THE HILL and THE ONION.
See here:
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/256492-chaffetz-id-step-aside-for-ryan
And I’m sure you don’t equate the Onion with ABC News. See here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-urge-paul-ryan-jump-speakers-race/story?id=34356559
nnooooooooooo!! the last thing ryan is, is conservative! :(
just some sarcasm. i believe anything the republicans do at this point.
i thought Issa was a good guy. Now he’s backing Ryan.
the republican party can go to hell.
I’ll step aside from the Republican Party if Paul Ryan is Speaker! HE”S WEAK AS A KITTEN!!
Can’t they see that Ryan, the former wunderkid, got rolled by Patty Bin Murray, the dumbest member of the U.S. Senate into continuing to fund ObaMaoCare? Losing a debate to Slow Joe Biden didn’t help his reputation very much either.
Bow Down b*tches & make way For Paul Ryan, the Crown Prince of Passivity!!
I just find it completely odd how Bonehead can just up and postpone this vote, until a candidate of HIS liking is running.
Isn’t that the equivalent of recounting the votes until you achieve your desired outcome?
There were still two viable candidates running when McCarthy got caught with his pants down, I mean dropped out. Why wasn’t the vote held to determine further direction?
Gee.....Paul Ryan.....the guy who wanted to steal military retirement and give it to the Democrats so they could buy votes with it.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Maybe they can find an Iranian for the job.
Look, two good, little GOPErs out themselves!
When The Cheap Labor Express says “jump” the GOPes all ask, “how high?”
Bad choice on their part.
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