Paul Ryan says he will mull a presidential bid after the midterms. I hope he runs. He would get slaughtered.
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There will be a lot of mulling going on after the midterms.
Walker can hardly wait to “mull.” Rand Paul will publicly mull as he flirts with daddy’s base, but like Palin won’t run or will only do so for a while until he runs back to KY to keep his Senate seat. Christie and Jeb will continue mulling. A few clowns will begin showing up.
I don’t see that he would do any worse that any other republican candidate. Probably he would do better, in fact. At least he’s not an obvious clown, like Cruz, and at least he would be acceptable to all wings of the party. Plus, the media seems to like him, which could make a difference, given their clear dislike of Hillary.
I have it the greatest GOP presidential combination in the last decade! Ready here it is all President Paul Ryan Vice President Mitt(47%) Romney!!!! A sure winning team for the GOP!!!!
After the last GOP freakshow its hard to see how 2016 could be even freakier, but no doubt the GOP will manage it.
Slaughtered? But he’s the one with the guns!
I just discovered that’s not a bad shot if you scroll the page down until you can’t see his head.
Why would Ryan get slaughtered any more than anyone else? The press would be climbing over themselves to blow the guy. Compared to some of the R’s he might almost seem sane. The guy is as shameless as they come. He nauseates me. But when he flutters those pretty blue eyes at the press corps, they’ll all prostrate themselves before the great white messiah.
Because he is on record as wanting to kill SS and medicare. Towards the end Romney had to hide him for that reason.
He’s death amongst the oldsters, and that is all they have.
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As if they can’t hide the record and Ryan can’t modify his position to 100% support for SS and Medicare. Not that opposition to either or both would matter much to the seniors that have long since decided to vote GOP regardless whatever the candidate says or supports.
In 2000 GWB said that he would have a humble foreign policy, but also if he had the opportunity, he would take out Saddam. A shame a few more voters in NH or OH didn’t figure out which one of those two statements were true.
Should add that Ryan lacks political campaign chops and leaves TV viewers with a vague sense of creepy after a few minutes. Wouldn’t expect him to successfully run the gauntlet of primaries — but if he should somehow manage that, odds would be against him in the general election.
You are exactly right. Just look at TNR and Vox slobbering all over him after his latest attempt to “fix” poverty.
Just kill all the poor people?
Agreed. Calling birth control “slut pills” makes the DC mandarins itchy. Screw the poor? Well that’s business as usual.