Everyone knows the GOP will never allow Trump to be the nominee. Everyone knows

[valerief]

the reason Ryan accepted the speaker job was because he was promised a clean nomination for president. And he'll get it. I know this like I know death and taxes will always come.

I'm so sick of this bad reality show called Trump. We have a mega-horror show ahead called Ryan. Trump doesn't want to be president. He wants to be elected president. Once he got it, he'd turn it over to someone who wants the presidency.

OTOH, Ryan craves the presidency even more than Hillary (so you know that's a lot!). And he's more dangerous than Trump, because Ryan won't give up like Trump. Ryan will sign off on every theocratic bill generated, and there'll be so many we'll be calling ourselves New Afghanistan pretty soon. (We'll be as 12th century as Afghanistan, except we won't have all the U.S. military-protected poppy crops.)

You think DWS, for a NY minute, would let Bernie actually run as the nominee? That's how the GOP feels about Trump. The game is rigged, and we don't get to play in it. Whether Clinton or Ryan gets the presidency, who knows. It won't be my candidate, unless either death or taxes are off the table. In other words, a miracle will have to occur. Or a revolution.

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And don't say, Ryan said no. How many times did he say no before accepting the speakership? No just means "give me more."

[Buzz Clik]

1. Trump will be the nominee. The GOP is hunkering down, writing off the Presidency.

[JaneyVee]

2. Ryan already said no.

[cui bono]

5. She told you not to say that.

[BernieforPres2016]

3. I hate to burst your bubble, but Trump will be the Republican nominee

He has 1053 delegates. He needs 1237 delegates to win the nomination. There are 514 delegates in remaining Republican primary states and the last two opponents to Trump dropped out this week. So Trump will have about 125% of the delegates he needs to win on the first ballot. The head of the RNC has said that Trump is their presumptive nominee.

[valerief]

4. The RNC hasn't finished convincing Ryan. Remember, they can do whatever the fuck they want

at the convention.

Right now, their saying Trump is the nominee is providing big TV ratings. That's all.

[BernieforPres2016]

9. You can probably get pretty good odds on your proposition in Vegas. nt

[elehhhhna]

6. i expect his heli to throw a rotor any minute now

[valerief]

7. Ha! Bingo! nt

[elehhhhna]

13. right?!!

[Onlooker]

8. I don't agree

The Trump supporters are the Reagan Democrats. If they don't turn out and vote, vote third party or even vote for the Democrat, who will the Republicans get to replace them? The Republicans are stuck with him, and recognize that he's not that bad a candidate -- he obviously knows how to win, just like Hillary.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Once Willard Romney did his stand down,

the Rethugs own it baby. Never thought this would go this far. Mitch the McTurtle must be just lovin it. He gets to be the Minority Obstructionist again.

[MineralMan]

11. Whenever someone says "Everyone knows" something

what I know is that they're engaging in wishful thinking. And so it is with this...

[valerief]

14. Hell, I'd rather see Trump as the nominee than Ryan. Ryan terrifies me. Trump is malleable. nt

[PeaceNikki]

12. Lol, Ryan won't do it and would be a collosal fail if he tried.

He was on the ticket with Romney and Obama blew them away here in his home state. He's never even won a statewide election.

[Orangepeel]

15. No. Ryan will focus on trying to set himself up for 2020