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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/charles-koch-paul-ryan-nomination_us_57029099e4b083f5c6082b95
Charles Koch is confident House Speaker Paul Ryan could emerge from the Republican National Convention as the partys nominee if Donald Trump comes up at least 100 delegates shy, he has told friends privately.
Koch believes Ryan would be a shoo-in at a contested convention, should the campaign get to that point. Though Kochs wealth gives him significant influence within the Republican Party, it does not necessarily translate into skill in political prognostication. Still, he and his brother David are fond of Ryan. As a source close to the brothers told the Huffington Post, they appreciate the agenda he has pursued as speaker, including opposition to tax extenders and heightened warnings against corporate welfare positions that contrast with the admittedly vague portfolio pushed by Donald Trump.
One source close to Ryan said he would only be interested in it if the party could unite behind him, a scenario he cant envision. I dont know what to tell you. He doesnt want the nomination. And can you imagine the backlash from the Trump forces if someone who didnt run for president wins the nomination? It would be complete chaos, he said.
A second source close to the Koch brothers said he wasnt aware of a conversation about Ryan, but it didnt surprise him.
liberal N proud
(60,339 posts)Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)works for me.
Gman
(24,780 posts)blm
(113,082 posts)Satanism without the ceremony.
no_hypocrisy
(46,157 posts)and he's robbed of his nomination.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)YOU helped create the Tea Party. Your stupid plan backfired.
Retrograde
(10,145 posts)setting himself up for November by claiming he really doesn't hate poor people.
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)Brilliant plan. This way Ryan takes the nomination without any attacks from his GOP rivals. Now we know the real reason why Kevin McCarthy suddenly dropped out of contention for speaker. A little Koch bird warned him that the beans would be spilled about his fooling around. Looks like this was all set up since Boehner stepped down.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)that might be true. You know the Koch Bros would love to have someone they can manipulate like Ryan.
DavidDvorkin
(19,481 posts)And he will leave town and be a quiet, good, little boy.
bhikkhu
(10,720 posts)which I am inclined to think may be possible. Ideally it would be some prosecutable (or nearly prosecutable) financial malfeasance, bad enough to make him unelectable. Thinking of the Panama papers currently, it may be that the repug PTB could arrange it.