Conservatives not yet sold on Paul Ryan as House speaker
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)Conservatives in the House are saying not so fast to the idea of Speaker Paul Ryan.
On Tuesday night, the Wisconsin Republican laid out his vision to his GOP colleagues and said he would be willing to serve as speaker -- if the whole conference could unite behind him.
But Wednesday morning, many of the conservatives that consistently fought outgoing House Speaker John Boehner and helped scuttle the bid to replace him by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy signaled they aren't ready to jump on the bandwagon for Ryan.
"I thought we did the coronation last night," Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert cracked Wednesday morning when asked if he would support Ryan.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/21/politics/house-speaker-election-leadership-paul-ryan/index.html
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)razorman
(1,644 posts)as Speaker. The conservatives are not sure if they should reject Ryan because Reid likes him, or if Harry is just yanking their chain, and trying to keep Ryan out.
Tikki
(14,549 posts)This has been their plan all along.
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