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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Ryan will be speaker only if all Republican factions agree to support him.
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Paul Ryan will be speaker only if all Republican factions agree to support him. (Original Post)
applegrove
Oct 2015
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emulatorloo
(44,096 posts)1. He probably just wants them to stop stalking him
He's asking for the impossible.
Skittles
(153,138 posts)2. he is such a brat
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)3. Good luck with that. LOL!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)4. Hope that dimbulb asshat
enjoys being at the center of a circular firing squad. No one is more deserving.
emulatorloo
(44,096 posts)6. His demand is that they stop that circular firing quad thing
Never gonna happen lol
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)7. You'll see this first
Wounded Bear
(58,618 posts)5. Now we know he really doesn't want the job...
That's about as much of an "if nominated I won't run, if elected I won't serve" statement a mealy-mouthed Repub is allowed to make.
Agrees to take one for the team, but only if they can herd all of their cats into one corral. Good luck with that.
What if they had a speakership, and nobody came?
spanone
(135,802 posts)9. the tea schmucks don't play nice with others...ain't gonna happen
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)10. It's already started.
Michael McAuliff ?@mmcauliff 34s35 seconds ago
Michael McAuliff Retweeted Chad Pergram
So much for unanimity.
Chad Pergram @ChadPergram
Huelskamp says GOP Conf violated rules allowing Ryan to speak to conference and not Webster/Chaffetz