Under speaker pressure, signs pointing to a reluctant Paul Ryan

[riversedge]

Source: washingtonpost






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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) may not want to be House speaker. Many of his colleagues want him to run for it anyway. (Molly Riley/AP)



By Paul Kane and Robert Costa October 8 at 8:21 PM


Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) may not want to be House speaker. Many of his colleagues want him to run for it anyway. (Molly Riley/AP)
By Paul Kane and Robert Costa October 8 at 8:21 PM

As soon as Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) shocked his fellow Republicans by withdrawing from the race for House speaker, Paul Ryan knew what was coming.

“I will not be a candidate,” the Wisconsin Republican said in a release issued less than 20 minutes after McCarthy’s stunning Thursday announcement, in an immediate bid to cut off any pressure for him to do a job he has repeatedly said he does not want.

But this time, it didn’t take. By mid-afternoon, outgoing speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) had spoken to Ryan at least twice, trying to convince the reluctant congressman that he was the only man who could save House Republicans from their self-created chaos.

By day’s end, after hunkering down for two hours in his ceremonial office a few steps from the House floor, after listening to pleas from friends to take the reins of the bitterly divided Republican caucus, he emerged, declining to explicitly state his plans.

“I’ve got no news for you guys,” Ryan told reporters, exiting the Capitol. “I’ve got nothing to add right now. . . . This is not the time or place, guys.”.......................

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Ryan is one of the biggest baggers on the Hill.

[riversedge]

1. "GOP to Paul Ryan: You’re Our Only Hope!"

This is all I hear on msnbc this am--and it is all over twitter is one form or another.


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[wordpix]

19. yes, he's good looking so he gets the title

whatta country.

[fredamae]

2. "Ayn Rand For Speaker"!!?!? n/t

[uawchild]

3. Ryan is the Chosen One!

I hear that Ryan is a budgetary math whiz, as long as he's allowed enough asterisks.

[Thor_MN]

4. He is good with imaginary numbers.

[NCjack]

12. He is just the face and voice moppet for the behind-the-scene team

that mangles the GOP budget plan. For proof, I refer back to the Biden v. Ryan V.P. candidate debate, in which Biden schooled Ryan in the fine art of federal budgeting. Biden didn't cut away Ryan's manhood, but he certainly crushed his vocal cords.

[irisblue]

18. October 11, 2012, The VP & Rep Ryan

still makes me smile & thanks Longship for posting the picture originally

[MynameisBlarney]

5. Shit.

I hope he doesn't become the speaker, because then his Ayn Rand fanboy bullshit will have a platform.

[wilt the stilt]

6. Narcissist

who the hell takes pictures of himself lifting weights? That alone is all you need to know.

[Botany]

7. and holds the weight in order to show off "his guns"

[WI_DEM]

8. that photo generated more laughter

than anything.

[wordpix]

20. did he hire a prof photographer for that shot?

It looks that way, considering the soft back lighting and matching floor and backdrop

narcissist is right!

[sofa king]

9. Can't do math, either.

And amusingly, the "can't do math" part makes him the Republicans' most qualified person for the job of Speaker.

Because he wrote a bad budget that didn't work, ONE TIME, years ago.

I'm pretty sure that's the last time the Republicans in the House even attempted to do the "doing their jobs" part of doing their jobs.

[onehandle]

10. He'll only do it if he is never planning on running for President. nt

[DFW]

11. Where have we heard this line before?

[davidpdx]

13. Eddie Munster

Eddie Munster walking down the street
Eddie Munster wearing a big white sheet
Eddie Munster
I don't believe you, you can't add
No one could look as scary as you
Mercy

[truebluegreen]

14. I doubt if his ambition to be President

will allow him to take this job, which is the epitome of a thankless task.

[flamingdem]

15. He won't take the job

Too busy with his work out.

[lunatica]

16. The man who thinks rape is just one way that God makes babies

[GOLGO 13]

17. Typical gym hamster. Your gains are for shit.

Look at those noodle like legs. Need to squat brah! Do you even lift?

[Yupster]

21. My longshot guess

The new Speaker of The House will be Mitt Romney.

Although Donald Trump would undoubtedly be better. You won't believe how well we'd be doing if Donald Trump was Speaker. The Democrats love him after all and so does the Black Caucus. He gets along great with President Obama. He gets along with everybody. People will be saying he did amazing things if we made Donald Trump the new Speaker. People would say we're winning again.

[FSogol]

22. Isn't he busy starving granny?