NightTrain
10-12-2015, 09:18 AM
After Boehner decided to step down and McCarthy changed his mind, the current push is to get Ryan to accept the position... something he said he doesn't want, due to his family's needs for his time. It sounds like he's reconsidering, after pleas for him to go for it - there's a serious divide among GOP Congresspersons, to put it mildly, and Ryan is well respected from both sides of the divided camp.
Boehner stepping down was a big step in the right direction, and I'm glad he did. I suspect that act was really a tantrum kind of reaction to the growing dissatisfaction of conservatives nationwide and therefore their Congressional representatives, but I'll take it any way I can get it. He pissed away many opportunities to force Bambam to veto legislation - while that's seen as a colossal waste of time, it's still how the system works. That puts the blame of failed bills squarely in the laps of the Democrats and it shows that Republicans are indeed working to get things done. Instead, Boehner looked at the likely outcome and scrapped the bill - making the GOP appear to be unwilling to fight for what the voters elected them to do.
You have to expose the liberal agenda with their votes against conservative bills, so that the voters can remove them from the equation in the next election. Withholding the bills allows Democrats to fly under the radar and if they never actually voted against a bill, they can't be hammered on it during their debates for their re-election. It's not rocket science.
I've always liked Ryan. He's a financial wiz and has conservative cred, and isn't afraid to fight when it's needed. Also important, he has the ability to unite the split GOP caucus within the House and start moving things forward.
The clock is ticking and there isn't much time left before the 2016 elections.
The leader of the House Republicans’ most powerful conservative caucus said Sunday that his group would consider Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan as the chamber’s next speaker.
“Paul Ryan is a good man,” Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, told “Fox News Sunday.” “If he gets in the race, certainly our group would look favorably on him.”
The caucus, which was influential in ousting House Speaker John Boehner last month, has officially endorsed Florida Rep. Daniel Webster, one of the caucus' roughly 40 members.
However, Jordan said the group would consider Ryan, who as a veteran House committee chairman and 2012 GOP vice presidential candidate is now widely considered the Republicans' best choice to unite the fractured caucus and become the next speaker.
Ryan, now chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has so far declined to accept invitations, even from Boehner and 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
However, he appears to be considering his options while Congress is in recess this week.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/11/jordan-said-powerful-conservative-house-freedom-cause-open-to-ryan-as-next/?intcmp=hplnws
Boehner stepping down was a big step in the right direction, and I'm glad he did. I suspect that act was really a tantrum kind of reaction to the growing dissatisfaction of conservatives nationwide and therefore their Congressional representatives, but I'll take it any way I can get it. He pissed away many opportunities to force Bambam to veto legislation - while that's seen as a colossal waste of time, it's still how the system works. That puts the blame of failed bills squarely in the laps of the Democrats and it shows that Republicans are indeed working to get things done. Instead, Boehner looked at the likely outcome and scrapped the bill - making the GOP appear to be unwilling to fight for what the voters elected them to do.
You have to expose the liberal agenda with their votes against conservative bills, so that the voters can remove them from the equation in the next election. Withholding the bills allows Democrats to fly under the radar and if they never actually voted against a bill, they can't be hammered on it during their debates for their re-election. It's not rocket science.
I've always liked Ryan. He's a financial wiz and has conservative cred, and isn't afraid to fight when it's needed. Also important, he has the ability to unite the split GOP caucus within the House and start moving things forward.
The clock is ticking and there isn't much time left before the 2016 elections.
The leader of the House Republicans’ most powerful conservative caucus said Sunday that his group would consider Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan as the chamber’s next speaker.
“Paul Ryan is a good man,” Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, told “Fox News Sunday.” “If he gets in the race, certainly our group would look favorably on him.”
The caucus, which was influential in ousting House Speaker John Boehner last month, has officially endorsed Florida Rep. Daniel Webster, one of the caucus' roughly 40 members.
However, Jordan said the group would consider Ryan, who as a veteran House committee chairman and 2012 GOP vice presidential candidate is now widely considered the Republicans' best choice to unite the fractured caucus and become the next speaker.
Ryan, now chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has so far declined to accept invitations, even from Boehner and 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
However, he appears to be considering his options while Congress is in recess this week.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/11/jordan-said-powerful-conservative-house-freedom-cause-open-to-ryan-as-next/?intcmp=hplnws