Catch ya on the flip!
Paul Ryan is reportedly hiding out at his Janesville, WI, home, trying to ride out the crazy that has enveloped his congressional colleagues. As establishment Republicans
beg him to take the speakership and the crazy caucus
threatens him, the thinking goes that maybe—just maybe—the GOP holdouts will take so much heat at home over their breathtaking failure as a caucus that they'll actually come around to Ryan. And then Ryan will come around to them. Manu Raju
reports:
Indeed, when House Speaker John Boehner addressed Republicans last week in a private meeting, he told his colleagues to "open your eyes, open your ears" and listen to what constituents had to say about their leadership problems during the weeklong recess, according to several lawmakers.
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-California, said the message from voters has been clear: The GOP needs to get its act together -- quickly.
"I've met with a lot of conservative Republicans over the last four days, and they are not happy," Nunes said. "They want something done and they want something done now because we look like a party that can't govern. And when they understand that over 200 of us were supporting Boehner and were also willing to support [Kevin] McCarthy and also willing to support Paul Ryan. This is starting to not make sense to our conservative Republican base."
Nunes added: "It really threatens the future of the party."
Yes, indeed, it does. Not to mention being a bit inconvenient for the nation. Some GOP members are putting the odds of Ryan running at
50-50. And some even lower. The question really comes down to whether there's a lick of sanity left in the caucus. Idk, 50-50 seems high.