I thought Paul Ryan was going to retire

[meadowlark5]

I could have sworn last year he said he was not going to run again. But it appears he is running again or I misheard? Maybe I mixed him up with some other horror of a republican.

[dhol82]

1. Nope, I remember him saying that

Pity he has decided to run again. Hope he has a kickass democratic opponent.

[Glamrock]

4. He does.

"The Iron Stach" a union ironworker...

[dhol82]

13. Yeah, think I saw him this evening on Ari Melber

Hope he kicks the Ayn Rand sycophant down the block.

[Glamrock]

14. Makes two of us baby!

[meadowlark5]

2. I was happy when I heard (or thought I heard ) it

That would be delicious if he lost. He's a shameless Trump asskisser so I'm sure Trumps Russian friends will help Ryan keep his job.

[bearsfootball516]

3. It was always a sort of weird, wild rumor.

But there was never any real meat to it.

[Hortensis]

5. There's a lot of talk still that he may not run again.

Larry Sabato gave a couple of reasons why he might wait to announce that he was not -- his announcement could cause more Republicans to announce retirements and he's a top fundraiser and announcing could cause donors concerns.

He's also downgraded Ryan's district from Safe Republican to Likely Republican, although one of the reasons is that they don't know if Ryan will run again; if he does, it might well be upgraded back to Safe Republican again.

[Greybnk48]

7. If the district gerrymanders are overturned,

he will lose. He can only win with the gerrymander.

[Hortensis]

11. Maybe. But reportedly since the decision has been

not been released, due to other cases, the clock's running out for implementing for 2018. Some disagree and say it could still happen.

Do you know, for a moment I had no idea what you were talking about. Huge decision, but we just wait and wait and wait... I just looked and they're hearing another big one, for Maryland, next week. The case is apparently fairly similar to WI's.

[dchill]

6. He thought he would have killed Social Security,

Medicare and Medicaid by now. The job's just not done.

[guillaumeb]

8. Ryan has more work to do for his corporate masters.

[still_one]

9. I suspect he is hoping trump and pence get impeached before the 2018 election

[meadowlark5]

10. Ahh, maybe the House Deplorable is playing the long game

It might be the only way that scuzball could become president is if Trump and Pence are impeached.

[Demsrule86]

12. He has not said he will run again...and people speculate he won't...but he has not announced yet.

[meadowlark5]

15. They probably need to find the perfect deplorable to replace him before he can quit

[Demsrule86]

19. And if he announced now his power in the House ...not that he has much would take a hit.

[Skittles]

16. mabye Russia and CA have assured him he will win

[meadowlark5]

17. That's what I think

All of this "blue wave" talk is just making them work harder at figuring out ways to cheat and win.

[uponit7771]

18. +1, its Ryan and McConnell who should be under the microscope for enabling Benedict Donald