Paul Ryan, a younger version of John Boehner and Mitch McConnell. Another milquetoast dunce to be made Obama's little *****. WTG Republicans! That'll show em.
Sometimes I can't help but be amazed at three things, two of which are seemingly contradictory.
The first one is how gullible, or naïve, or hapless conservatives are. I mean, they'll believe any outlandish conspiracy theory under the sun that someone dangles in front of them...as long as it's about liberals, of course.
The second one has to do with their naivety about the world of hardball politics.
For example, since the Republican House caucus is engaged in leadership turmoil (and quite possibly, a leadership struggle) that might very well just disintegrate further if the most conservative members can't (or won't) come together on a consensus candidate to take the Speaker's job, would it be in the Democrats interest to smooth the way in the transition to a new speaker? I don't think so. Certainly, that's not the case the year before a presidential election when the current president, a Democrat, won't be on the ballot. So, do you actually think it's out of the question that the Democrats might see an opportunity to undermine a good candidate by throwing their support behind him in the hope that rank and file conservatives might just reject him for that very reason?
And lastly, it amazes me how quickly conservatives can and will turn on one of their own.