Discussion: Reince Priebus And Paul Ryan Are Done. Is Scott Walker Next?

Walker is running for a third term as Governor? Wisconsin has no term limits?

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Shame is not a conservative principle

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Who would have said that the dumbest one was going to be the last one standing?

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On the House side, please support these Dems: Dan Kohl (WI-06) (N. Milwaukee suburbs, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan); Beau Lieugeois (WI-08) (Green Bay-Appleton NE WI); and Tom Palzewicz(WI-05; W. Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ft. Atkinson)…

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Yes, the “anger & hatred” emanating from the White House.

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Swamp thing, you make my heart sing, you make everything groovy. . .

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Correct, no term limits.

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I’m assuming you’re a Wisconsinite, but I love checking what John Nichols has to say at moments like these. I hope some of the talking heads have him on their panels tonight instead of Sykes who seems to be the guy they always interview.

https://www.thenation.com/article/paul-ryan-abandons-the-sinking-ship/

Ryan could have stood up to Trump when it mattered. Instead, he chose party over principle.

No one was more responsible for the political advancement of Donald Trump than Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House and the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee who was supposedly the embodiment of responsible Republicanism when the billionaire launched his presidential bid in 2015.

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“A blue wave doesn’t make a C-level candidate an A-level candidate,” said Scholz, but a truck load of Koch Kash can make a D-level candidate a governor.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/11/ryan-in-interview-im-done-seeking-elected-office-515678

By JAKE SHERMAN 04/11/2018 04:13 PM EDT

Speaker Paul Ryan said in an interview Wednesday that he won’t run for public office again after he leaves Congress next year.

During a conversation in his office on the day he told his colleagues he was retiring, Ryan reflected on his relationship with President Donald Trump, and noted he wished the president tweeted less, but said he has developed a good rapport with the commander-in-chief.

“It works better to have private conversations than public disputes,” Ryan said.

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Paul “Mr. Responsible Balanced Budgets Guy” Ryan Created a Trillion-Dollar Deficit and Then Quit
By BEN MATHIS-LILLEY APRIL 11, 201811:21 AM

For years and years, Rep. Paul Ryan’s self-projected “thing” was that he was a geeky budget wonk who was gravely, gravely concerned about the American government’s unsustainable fiscal future. Liberal critics, meanwhile, have claimed for almost as long that Ryan’s vaunted plans to balance the budget were baloney and that his only actual interest was in passing massive tax cuts for high earners and corporations.

Now that he’s leaving Congress after having just passed major tax legislation and a budget as Speaker of the House during a period of total Republican control over the federal government, we can finally determine who was right. Did Paul Ryan really care about reducing the deficit once he attained the power to do so, or not?

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And guess who is perhaps as disgusted with PP as any liberal? Guess who is on MSNBC and the radio every day eviscerating Ryan and calling him a coward for failing to stand up to PP?

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“left driven by anger and hatred”. Yeah, right. Yes, that’s true, but it’s morally and politically justified emotion.

Stock, RW tactic: Accuse the opposition of doing exactly what you’re doing.

“Is Scott Walker Next?” These jerks have such fragile egos and are so used to getting their way, they fold fast when they run into opposition.

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Yep, Larry, Moe and Curly – the Three Stooges!

Damn funny, thanks!

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Cheese indeed. Walker is 200-some-odd pounds of walking, talking, semi-sentient smegma.

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You didn’t hear?
This whole gop group are bailing and headed to venezuela to create their own gov’t.
Something about overthrowing NicolĂĄs Maduro at the next election with russia and trumps help using taxpayers money.
The new presidential towers will be built by Trump LLC and named Trump Executive Building.
Don’t worry though, good trade deals ahead. lol

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It is important to remind Wisconsin Democrats that ensuring a Walker defeat in November is not enough. One must accept personal responsibility to see that he loses badly. As in, wearing-a-bag-over-his-head badly.

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Has anyone ever asked Walker about mattresses dog kennels? There’s a small chance that would resolve part of your issue.

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President Trump became the first GOP nominee to carry the state in 32 years after Hillary Clinton failed to campaign in the state

Can we PLEASE dispense with this stupid canard once and for all? There is no evidence - literally zero - that the reason Clinton lost Wisconsin is that she didn’t campaign there. Look at how much time she spent in Pennsylvania, a state that is extremely similar to Wisconsin - sure didn’t help her there, did it?

It’s lazy editorializing, and it’s a pernicious way to legitimize an otherwise baseless anti-Clinton talking point. Stop it, TPM. It’s not a good look.

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