Discussion: Ryan's Reckoning: A Struggle To Keep A Promise To A Caucus And To Himself

I can appreciate the effort to make Ryan sound as if he is, well, sane. But reality paints a much harsher picture of his own anti-intellectual, anti-government, pro-hate, Randian dystopia, from privatization of social security, to military expansion.

The fact that he apparently represents moderation to much of the media says all you need to know about modern journalistic “equivalence”.

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Only a fully functioning House can truly represent the people and if there were ever a time for us to step up, this would be that time.

That would have been the time. Or November, or December, and so on. But that time never came. Which pundits thought this “fully functioning house” would be built? More to the point - did anyone think that Paul Ryan would be the politician who could build it?

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This article reads like a paean to Ryan - like something his PR staff could have written. I’m getting tired of dithering Ryan continually being cast as Hamlet.

As I see it, he knew what he was getting into…and if there were any “surprises”, that comes with the territory.

If he really wants a functioning House, get rid of the Hastert rule. Let everyone’s vote count.

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The fact that he apparently represents moderation to much of the media

or it represents how far to the right the party has a whole has gone when ryan appears moderate

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The only way to have a fully functioning House is to vote in a solid Democratic majority.

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The fact is that Ryan is saddled with a small group of extremists who are prepared to have the House, and thus all of Congress, become non-functional, rather than compromise to pass necessary legislation. Ryan and Boehner both had and have the same choice: let this small group prevent anything from being done, or all legislation to pass with the support of Democrats and the remaining Republicans.

Seems an easy choice, but unfortunately many of the rest of the GOP in the House are scared out of their minds of being attacked in primaries by Tea Party candidates if they compromise with the Democrats. They are too worried about keeping their jobs to do their jobs.

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Oh FFS- the everlasting dumb show–has there ever been such a transparent effort to enable a phony hack to
serve his owners while maintaining his false aura of earnestness?
It’s so insulting to one’s intelligence to watch this whore pretend he’s a vestal virgin.
If Ryan ever even once went against his masters wishes I haven’t seen it.

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This a very well written, thorough and thoughtful article. It is true to its title in that it takes Speaker Ryan’s perspective, and discusses the pressures on him from his world. I learned a lot.

As I’ve said before, I don’t think he has a choice in support of Mr. Trump. But, this article helps me understand why he is taking his time about it.

Nicely done.

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Ryan’s chickens–his attempts to appear to be a man of principle rather than crass rich-guy’s politics–are coming home to roost. That cackling you hear, Mr.Speaker, is the truth revealed.

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Poor little Pauley Ryan! Soon Weinermobile Boy, you’ll have to do penance for your extended snub. Time for you to kiss Hair Furor’s ass…errr…ring and make nice or you’ll have only two choices:

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Take your pick Pauley!

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Eddie Munster will not last with the feral pigs that are the diseased Republican nut cases nipping at his heals. The Hastert Rule kept them in quarantine but if he abandons it they will roam crazy-town freely excreting anywhere they please. They all get what they deserve … including the voters who let it happen.

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Ha… Seems that I remember somebody saying that this was going to happen —

Oh… I remember now … EVERYBODY said it ! Ha —

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And the principal reason for the fear of a primary? Their districts are so heavily gerrymandered that there is no balance at all in either political thought or tone and methods of political discourse.

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It won’t come to pass and I know that even if it does it’s always bad to have another tea party maniac in Congress but I really, really hope he loses his primary.

Agreed. Ryan’s problems in the House are entirely predictable, expected and of his own doing. He is singularly ill equipped to do the actual job of being Speaker; he has very little experience or skill at courting people/bending arms, counting votes, or negotiation. And his first moves were to immediately abdicate the very powers that the Speaker has to get those things accomplished. He can no longer punish or reward anybody in his caucus…so what motivation do they have to work with him on anything? He surrendered the control the Speaker had over membership in committees and he surrendered the ability to manage what bills and what amendments can hit the floor. He is, for all intensive purposes, merely a figurehead now, and a pretty weak one at that.

" It’s quite possible that the closest the House comes this year to pushing their agenda will be releasing a series of policy plans over the summer that Ryan himself has said aren’t meant to be voted on. "

Ryan has been promising those for months now, and not a thing is forth coming. This lie belongs right up there with his version of a healthcare plan, which he has promised for years will be coming out any day now. So its safe to say “It is even more possible that the series of policy plans that Ryan himself as said aren’t meant to be voted on, will never be published”.

This is the disaster looming on the horizon for the GOP this fall…the October “surprise” (I put it in quotes because to anybody paying attention, it won’t be a surprise). Ryan is going to default on the “budget framework” that Boehner handed him, and the House will be plunged headlong into another shutdown crisis…only this time, Boehner will have no ability…or skill…to negotiate anything to get them out of it, with the fun addition of his own party’s presidential nominee taking pot shots at him through out.

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Blue-eyed but ripped Princess Elsa Paul Ryan is widely seen as more incompetent than John Boehner.

Nonetheless. I like how Princess Elsa is publicly humiliating Donald Tramp at a every press conference.

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Can we please stop referring to ole twinkly blue-eyed, republican wives heart-throb, 46-year old Paul Ryan as a “wunderkind”? It makes me heave. He’s not a “wunderkind” in any sense of the word.

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The ‘caucus’ is a collection of flamethrowing nutbags. If anyone is going to be used, lied to and spit out, it’s this ‘caucus’.

As adults, we have to deal with the hard issues head on, not dance around them and allow the obvious pain that comes with to continue and grow worse even.
If you’re sick, you take your medicine, all of it, every last pill or gulp because that is the cure.
The crazies are still crazy and still are doing what crazies do, hellloooooo! Bite the fricking bullet already and lead because leaders lead. Just stand up, in regular order and announce to the teabagging caucus that they were used, for a purpose and that purpose has ended and now their worthless asses have to sit down, shut up and do their real job or be shunned. That’s it, end of fire!

As long as the inevitable is avoided, then it matters not who the ‘leader’ is because the tail will always be wagging the dog.

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Ryan is caught between a rock and a hard place. Trump’s VP slot might not look so bad now.

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