He doesn't want to be in the loosing position Bohener was in, being blackmailed every day! I don't fault him at all, and I HOPE he can manage to get rid of that stupid oust the speaker rule! The House should have to put up with the same rules we as the American people have to...you vote for someone and if you're unhappy with them in office, you have to wait for the next election to replace them!

I admit I don't really know the Pub reps, but Ryan seems toi be better than ssome of the real wackos.

And, assuming he wins, I don't envy him. He's the teacher who's been asked to keep order in a classroom full of particularly unruly eighth graders.

There was a reason Boehner left Congress singing "Zippity Doo Dah."

... a more powerful position than Speaker of the House in the US House of Representatives.