Unless he does the LBJ “…I will not seek, nor will I ACCEPT…” speech, this changes nothing.
tg and I hope he means it because I want…
• ted cruz drop out.
i don’t want any libertarian like mitt romney, rand paul, carly fiorina, ted cruz, paul ryan, scott walker, jim gilmore, rick santorum, nor rick perry!
i had to vote against romney last election the last minute when he switched to libertarianism the last moment and got libertarian idealist paul ryan! i regret it, but i now would do it again if they repeat ryan or romney. i actually made the right decision. they’re two faced.
for the moment, im borderline on jindal, trump, and rubio. if they back or run with a libertarian like cruz, romney, ryan, or any of the above mentioned, im against them.
i like ben carson, chris christie, mike huckabee, george pataki, and john kasich!
i will support anyone that has them on their ticket!
john kasich, a real winner, gl!
“Ryan To Rule Out Presidential Bid.”
Just like he ruled out the Speakership?
will not seek the Republican nomination
Weasel wording But are they TPM’s or Ryan’s weasel-wording?
Riiiiiight.
She doth protest too much, methinks
If his lips are moving he is lying.
Maybe he’s ruling out the Republican nomination but is he also ruling out the party changing its name for the election? It would be funny if Trump clinched the Republican nomination but they pulled the rug out by re-branding as the “True Conservative” or “Save America” party or some other nonsense.
And in related news … Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
…and for the hearing impaired GENERALISSIMO FRANCISCO FRANCO IS STILL DEAD
Yea, like Paulie didn’t run with ‘etch-a-sketch’ Romney. If the opportunity comes, he’ll take it.
Paul Ryan: I will have this non-denial to press every day, just after daily scheduled ObamaCare vote in the House.
Bingo.
Will he use feathers, fans or the bubble?
After yesterday’s announcement of his “agenda” etc., I will believe he’s not fluffing only when a different nominee has been declared. Maybe he is smart enough not to run this time around, and maybe his “agenda” is just him trying to establish a legacy that will allow him to run on stronger legs later, but his inclusion of the “highly unusual national security agenda” in his agenda just seems out of place. It could be that he already smells a Clinton presidency coming and is just trying to really set himself up as her foil for four years in a bid to take her down in 2020.
Just out of curiosity, if we know in advance what the presser is going to be about, why hold it? (OK, other than vanity and hearing your own words repeated back to you ad nauseam.)
That’s why its called Kabuki…be ready for the pin-dropping silence.
He knows he would lose to Hillary, and meanwhile half the GOP would be hating him for usurping their guy (either Trump or Cruz) at the convention. Much better to stay Speaker, third in line for the presidency, and be able to continue pushing economic policies to transfer money up to his wealthy benefactors.
Not to mention, inexplicably, being called the Republican party’s genius policy guy.
He has to bow out in 2016 in order to preserve his purity for 2020. He’d get slaughtered in this year’s GOP insurrection. Not that he’ll be a better candidate in 2020 but his self-preservation instincts are good.