Will Paul Ryan resign from Congress?

[tritsofme]

It would be cowardly to seek reelection to his House seat just to have a backup. He should put his money where his mouth is and resign now.

[elleng]

1. Probably not. I read somewhere here that its not required he do so now;

he can run for House AND V.P. at same time.

[madinmaryland]

2. ??? Joe LIEberman in 2000?

Of course LIEberman was running against a soon to be convicted pedophile.

[dsc]

7. no that was in 06

wasn't it? I mean in addition to Lamont of course.

[madinmaryland]

12. 06 was when he ran as a member of the LIEberman party. 2000 he ran for both VP and Senator.

Technically he won both races in 2000.

[dsc]

15. I know that but the child molester GOP was in 2000 I think

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Biden did it in '08.

[tritsofme]

4. I forgot about that. Unfortunate.

[Tx4obama]

5. @AlexNBCNews: Should note, per WI law, Ryan is able to stay on ballot for his congressional re-elect

@AlexNBCNews: Should note, per WI law, Ryan is able to stay on ballot for his congressional re-elect AND be on Romney's ticket as VP
http://twitter.com/AlexNBCNews/status/234142174625808384

He is not going to resign because he knows when he loses on the Romney ticket he will still need a job.

[WCGreen]

6. Which is all the more reason we should go balls to the wall to take his

congressional seat...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. He won't.

If he does turn out to be the pick, which I assume he is, the RNC will have made him a sweet deal.

He'll be getting insane amounts of money funneled into his reelection via Super PACs.

Watch. See if it doesn't happen.

[Monk06]

9. He doesn't have to. If he did have to resign and leave an empty seat he wouldn't have been chosen.

[TuxedoKat]

10. No he wouldn't do that

He'd have to give up living in his office for free in the Capitol. Although I expect he'll being moving somewhere else now for the duration of the campaign.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ethics-group-knocks-thrifty-lawmakers-for-sleeping-in-their-capitol-hill-offices/

[krawhitham]

11. You stay on the ballot because it is a lock you will win (like Biden did)

It is a lock you will win the house or senate seat, and if you win the big election the GOV has to pick a same party replacement (same party in most states anyway)

[CK_John]

14. Picks are only for Senators, House has a special election. nt

[B Calm]

13. With all the negative (but true) publicity

coming out about Ryan, there's a good chance he might lose his congressional seat!