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DCBob

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10. I dont blame him.. it will be a thankless pressure-filled ugly job.

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:39 PM

Oct 2015

But the pressure to take it is very very high and he is being treated like a "saviour" of sorts. I think he is having a hard time resisting that. I think he takes it.

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Reid Offers Surprise Support For Ryan As Speaker [View all] Purveyor Oct 2015 OP

Well, that seals his fate Xipe Totec Oct 2015 #1

That is probably Hairy Reed's intention Demeter Oct 2015 #26

Please clarify something PJMcK Oct 2015 #28

I hope that all the democrats----------------not the DINO's.................. turbinetree Oct 2015 #2

n/t SamKnause Oct 2015 #3

You laugh, but this is how it will happen Android3.14 Oct 2015 #4

Slick. NCjack Oct 2015 #5

I think there is something deeper going on here. DCBob Oct 2015 #6

For certain conditions I hope TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #7

Yep.. that's the arithmetic problem for a "normal" establishment candidate. DCBob Oct 2015 #8

The thing is, I really think that Ryan doesn't want it TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #9

I dont blame him.. it will be a thankless pressure-filled ugly job. DCBob Oct 2015 #10

That is what hes thinking, but hes boxed in Cosmocat Oct 2015 #24

Democrats Wouldn't Actually Have To Vote. NonMetro Oct 2015 #11

Traditionally the minority party doesn't pick the speaker. joshcryer Oct 2015 #19

True, but if establishment Republicans want to keep control - and they do - NonMetro Oct 2015 #20

That's beside the point. Ryan has said he will not run for speaker without support totodeinhere Oct 2015 #12

Unless Ryan is a bit more flexible when push comes to shove. DCBob Oct 2015 #16

That's exactly what he's doing. joshcryer Oct 2015 #18

So long as Republicans continue to put party before country Zorro Oct 2015 #13

Godspeed? King_David Oct 2015 #14

And don't throw me in the briar patch, Mr Fox! Maeve Oct 2015 #15

Time for Reid to be replaced by a decent liberal mdbl Oct 2015 #17

+1 nt Javaman Oct 2015 #21

You assume Reid wasn't torpedo-ing Ryan with his "endorsement" .... Myrina Oct 2015 #22

It's hard to think that way since he's never been too politically saavy in the past mdbl Oct 2015 #23

Whether he's being sarcastic or not, he just torpedoed Ryan Scootaloo Oct 2015 #27

It doesn't matter much. Vinca Oct 2015 #25