And should he be as successful as running for VP, he’d still intentionally lose to the Democrat. I for one will not cast a vote for him under any circumstance. I’m done with all that.
I agree; under NO circumstances will I vote for Ryan, President or VP. I have no idea what the intellectual screwballs at NR think they are proposing but they really seem to be very, very distant from the base of the Party and reality. The Rockefeller/Scranton/Romney Sr. wing of the party no longer exists, fellas, except that they run Congress for the behalf of Obama.
Paul Ryan had his opportunity to get into the primary contests and prove his value within the party as a vote-getter, and he did not take up the challenge. Too late now to be making a serious bid.
Paul Ryan, with his choir-boy good looks, stands to be around a number of years yet, and it is highly unlikely that he would be “primaried out” by a more conservative Republican in his district. He COULD be challenged by a Democrat, but it would have to be a pretty moderate variety, as the First District in Wisconsin (Kenosha and Janesville, both gritty industrial cities), is not nearly as rabid as the Second District (Madison and environs).
But you are right, that Paul Ryan would only be put up as “designated loser” in this election.
“he’d still intentionally lose to the Democrat.”
That’s what the GOPe wants — they already made a deal wi the Dems for a Hillary presidency, and got well paid for it.
See:
Tech billionaires (major Dem donors, Hillary supporters) plot with GOP leaders at exclusive island resort to stop Trump