Discussion for article #242066
It is good that you differentiated between “support” and “endorsement.” He has enough votes or support to gain the speakership. However, the precondition of an endorsement from the various caucuses has not been met. It will be interesting how Ryan proceeds from here. My view is nothing has really changed. Old gridlock, meet new gridlock.
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Did the, um, freedumb caucus agree to his terms? It doesn’t sound like they did at all, though they got him to assure them that he’d follow the self-imposed “hassert rule” to make absolutely certain that no bipartisanship breaks out on his watch. In short, if he accepts, he caved to them.
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Thank GOD that is over. The Ryan career doomsday clock has now been set. Resigns his seat in Congress after Hill wins and congress becomes much more blue? Any takers?
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He’s already pre-registered his excuse - “more time with the family”
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He was going to cave on his demands from the get go. In my opinion he was told he had no choice. Either he plays ball or shit gets very chilly for him. When McCarthy choked, Ryan suddenly had the prettiest mouth in prison. Nothing he could do.
My wild guess is that he will run it for the rest of this session with the hope that nobody acts like a huge asshole and makes him look like a Boehner. Then he gets to go back to this precious chairmanship and wait his turn at the presidency. If the Teabaggers fuck him then he resigns immediately before he gets too much taint and runs for Governor or Senate or something and leverages that to the presidency.
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The Freedom Caucus is insatiable. I just don’t see a scenario where this plays out well for Paul Ryan. The calculus hasn’t changed. Either shut the government down and face the wrath of reasonable Americans or keep the government open and be called a RINO.
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Being a natural contrarian crank, I think Ryan will succeed in keeping things relatively low-key until the election.
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Yes, because the freedom caucus is going to trash every opportunity to do anything meaningful. Knowing that Ryan will not introduce much in the way of legislation.
when most members of the hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus voted to support him.
When did this vote occur?
They didm;t vote last not. Members said most would vote for him next week. The group didm;t take a formal vote and didn’t endorse.
Of course the open questions are whose demands were dropped, modified, or met and by that I mean which demands by whom… specifically?
Isn’t Ryan the one who proposed the numberless Republican budget a few years ago?
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