House Speaker Paul Ryan insists he isn't interested in being the Republican presidential nominee, but Amber Phillips of The Washington Post's The Fix blog isn't so sure after parsing Ryan's words.
Phillips admits Ryan's comments fall into a gray area, but argues that he didn't "categorically" rule out a nomination from a contested convention either.
"You know, I haven't given any thought to this stuff," Ryan told CNBC's John Harwood during Tuesday night's election coverage. "People say, 'What about the contested convention?' I say, well, there are a lot of people running for president. We'll see. Who knows?"
Those last two sentences are what set Phillips speculating that Ryan, who was Mitt Romney's 2012 running mate, might be open to being essentially drafted — just as he was for the House speakership that he adamantly said he did not want right up until the point that he accepted.
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The Repugnicrat establishment needs to heed the will of the people....considering so many more actually showed up and voted in this cycle's primary elections....record-breakers everywhere!
ReplyDeleteIf they try to steal this via a 'brokered' convention, the party will be soundly defeated...by either the Dumbocrats - or the people electing a third-party Trump run!
Most of us are fed-up with the broken promises, spineless caving, and being bought off by special interests.
undoubtedly!
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ReplyDelete"You know, I haven't given any thought to this stuff," Ryan told CNBC's John Harwood during Tuesday night's election coverage. "
the trousers are aflame as we speak.