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I don't like Paul Ryan very much, but unlike the right wing zealots, I can admit when someone of the opposite party is rather smart.
Ryan has executive ambitions and is young enough to try for the presidency 4-8-or 12 years from now.......The Speaker's position is somewhat of a trap for Ryan, for TWO important reasons"
1. The tea baggers currently in the House don't want someone who is reasonable....The only objective for these morons is to shut everything down (except for their salaries) and to oppose and derail Ryan, they would dig up "dirt" on the guy that would remain vivid on the dwindling ultra right wing base.
2. Ryan also knows that were he to become Speaker, he would taint his reputation a-la-Boehner; nothing of substance would get accomplished in the bitching and moaning House and, as is always the case, the "leaders" of a caucus would bear the brunt of the dysfunction.
True, Ryan may still accept the position of Speaker...but he probably knows that such would make his White House aspirations much, much more difficult.
Because no one wants to deal with Obama..
No one wants to deal with afar left tyrant that will pout and pick up his ball and go home when he does not get his way. So he will just pull out his pen and put forth yet an illegal action/law..
The far left does not want to compromise..
Can he be forced to stay?Leave it vacant... And see what happens.I will do some research myself, because I'm curious if there has ever been complete reluctance to be Speaker of The House
I think this situation is unprecedented. Boehner gets the last laugh... What a circus the GOP has become, elephants and clowns just go naturally together I guess. BTW anyone the republican hierarchy chooses can become speaker of the house... This guy would make an excellent choice:
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Boehner stays as Speaker until a replacement can be found..
Poach boehner... Too many RinosLeave it vacant... And see what happens.I will do some research myself, because I'm curious if there has ever been complete reluctance to be Speaker of The House
I think this situation is unprecedented. Boehner gets the last laugh... What a circus the GOP has become, elephants and clowns just go naturally together I guess. BTW anyone the republican hierarchy chooses can become speaker of the house... This guy would make an excellent choice:
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Boehner stays as Speaker until a replacement can be found..
Kudos on the Pelosi line. LOL.Boehner is leaving--and if the GOP do not get their act together, some of them may defect and vote for Pelosi.
Do you hear that. The gross incompetence and failure to work together as a party could actually give the speakership back to the Democrats!
Nails in the 2016 election cycle coffin if it is that bad on the right.
T.E.A. (Taxed Enough Already) is the name they gave themselves. Liberals educated me on the meaning of "teabagging." Information I could have lived without.
I don't like Paul Ryan very much, but unlike the right wing zealots, I can admit when someone of the opposite party is rather smart.
Ryan has executive ambitions and is young enough to try for the presidency 4-8-or 12 years from now.......The Speaker's position is somewhat of a trap for Ryan, for TWO important reasons"
1. The tea baggers currently in the House don't want someone who is reasonable....The only objective for these morons is to shut everything down (except for their salaries) and to oppose and derail Ryan, they would dig up "dirt" on the guy that would remain vivid on the dwindling ultra right wing base.
2. Ryan also knows that were he to become Speaker, he would taint his reputation a-la-Boehner; nothing of substance would get accomplished in the bitching and moaning House and, as is always the case, the "leaders" of a caucus would bear the brunt of the dysfunction.
True, Ryan may still accept the position of Speaker...but he probably knows that such would make his White House aspirations much, much more difficult.
T.E.A. (Taxed Enough Already) is the name they gave themselves. Liberals educated me on the meaning of "teabagging." Information I could have lived without.
I don't like Paul Ryan very much, but unlike the right wing zealots, I can admit when someone of the opposite party is rather smart.
Ryan has executive ambitions and is young enough to try for the presidency 4-8-or 12 years from now.......The Speaker's position is somewhat of a trap for Ryan, for TWO important reasons"
1. The tea baggers currently in the House don't want someone who is reasonable....The only objective for these morons is to shut everything down (except for their salaries) and to oppose and derail Ryan, they would dig up "dirt" on the guy that would remain vivid on the dwindling ultra right wing base.
2. Ryan also knows that were he to become Speaker, he would taint his reputation a-la-Boehner; nothing of substance would get accomplished in the bitching and moaning House and, as is always the case, the "leaders" of a caucus would bear the brunt of the dysfunction.
True, Ryan may still accept the position of Speaker...but he probably knows that such would make his White House aspirations much, much more difficult.
Ryan wants to be President.
That would effectively be shot down by accepting the Speaker position.
I can't imagine a scenario in which he'd take the position. That doesn't mean it won't happen, of course.I don't like Paul Ryan very much, but unlike the right wing zealots, I can admit when someone of the opposite party is rather smart.
Ryan has executive ambitions and is young enough to try for the presidency 4-8-or 12 years from now.......The Speaker's position is somewhat of a trap for Ryan, for TWO important reasons"
1. The tea baggers currently in the House don't want someone who is reasonable....The only objective for these morons is to shut everything down (except for their salaries) and to oppose and derail Ryan, they would dig up "dirt" on the guy that would remain vivid on the dwindling ultra right wing base.
2. Ryan also knows that were he to become Speaker, he would taint his reputation a-la-Boehner; nothing of substance would get accomplished in the bitching and moaning House and, as is always the case, the "leaders" of a caucus would bear the brunt of the dysfunction.
True, Ryan may still accept the position of Speaker...but he probably knows that such would make his White House aspirations much, much more difficult.
Thought this might be an interesting topic but I quit reading at "tea bagger."
Jesus was and is perfection... Irrelevant theory.Well? Go on... So what? Jesus must have been a lefty too since he wasn't a materialistic capitalist butt head like you!Why should the left compromise with RW obstructionists?I don't like Paul Ryan very much, but unlike the right wing zealots, I can admit when someone of the opposite party is rather smart.
Ryan has executive ambitions and is young enough to try for the presidency 4-8-or 12 years from now.......The Speaker's position is somewhat of a trap for Ryan, for TWO important reasons"
1. The tea baggers currently in the House don't want someone who is reasonable....The only objective for these morons is to shut everything down (except for their salaries) and to oppose and derail Ryan, they would dig up "dirt" on the guy that would remain vivid on the dwindling ultra right wing base.
2. Ryan also knows that were he to become Speaker, he would taint his reputation a-la-Boehner; nothing of substance would get accomplished in the bitching and moaning House and, as is always the case, the "leaders" of a caucus would bear the brunt of the dysfunction.
True, Ryan may still accept the position of Speaker...but he probably knows that such would make his White House aspirations much, much more difficult.
Because no one wants to deal with Obama..
No one wants to deal with afar left tyrant that will pout and pick up his ball and go home when he does not get his way. So he will just pull out his pen and put forth yet an illegal action/law..
The far left does not want to compromise..
Says the far left drone spouting far left religious dogma..
Hopefully Green Eggs and Ham doesn't go for the job, he is low in the polls so the Koch brothers will probably pull him out soon.
Hopefully Green Eggs and Ham doesn't go for the job, he is low in the polls so the Koch brothers will probably pull him out soon.
No only is the myth of the so called "assault weapon", the "Koch brothers" also seem to be another "boogieman".
Progressives need to find "real bad bad guys"... Because the ones they have picked are turning out to be 100% harmless
Thanks in part to its 2005 purchase of paper-mill giant Georgia-Pacific, Koch Industries dumps more pollutants into the nation's waterways than General Electric and International Paper combined. The company ranks 13th in the nation for toxic air pollution. Koch's climate pollution, meanwhile, outpaces oil giants including Valero, Chevron and Shell. Across its businesses, Koch generates 24 million metric tons of greenhouse gases a year.
Read more: Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire | Rolling Stone
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