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Title: Republican Paul Ryan won't run for president in 2016
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Journal Sentinel
URL Source: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/288313811.html
Published: Jan 12, 2015
Author: Craig Gilbert
Post Date: 2015-01-12 20:36:47 by Hondo68
Keywords: Gov. Walker, running for president, the right foot
Views: 3330
Comments: 14
There will be no 2016 presidential campaign for Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, saying he wants to devote his undivided attention to his new and influential role as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. “I am where I am. I like where I am,” Ryan said in an interview Monday. “I feel like I can have a huge impact on the course of the debate in this country.” Ryan’s decision removes one big name from a very long list of potential GOP candidates and provides a little more space in the race for fellow Wisconsinite Scott Walker, the second-term governor who appears to be increasingly serious about running for president in 2016. As the party’s 2012 vice-presidential nominee and its most prominent voice on economic and fiscal issues, Ryan had several potential assets as a candidate for his party's nomination: higher name recognition than many presidential aspirants in his party, fundraising ability, and good standing with party activists and the conservative media. But he had not signaled a burning desire to run and had passed up opportunities to run in 2012. In that sense his decision is not a huge surprise. Ryan said in the interview that he came to the conclusion late last year that simultaneously running for president and chairing the Ways and Committee was not something he wanted to do. “It’s a big job and it deserves my undivided attention,” Ryan said of his leadership of a committee that writes legislation on taxes, entitlements and health care policy. He said his agenda as chairman includes tax reform, “repealing and replacing Obamacare, preventing a debt crisis, and moving people from welfare to work.” Ryan said it was too early for him to talk about GOP candidates he might support for the nomination, but he said that the work a Republican Congress does on the kinds of issues under the domain of his committee could help his party’s 2016 nominee. “If we get it right in Congress, I think that can also help us win the presidency,” said Ryan. “In the intervening two years, Republicans need to show who we are.” The Janesville Republican, who has three children under high-school age, said family considerations were not the reason for his decision. “My family was supportive of whatever choice I made. My family liked the 2012 experience,” he said of his place on the GOP ticket with presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Had he decided to run for president, Ryan would have had to seek a waiver from fellow House Republicans from a new rule requiring committee chairs to vacate their position to run for other office, such as senator or president. Ryan said he was confident he would have received the waiver, but said he was also convinced it would be a mistake to try to do both things at once. “I don’t think you can do justice to both,” he said. “I think there are a number of very capable (presidential) candidates. I think I would have been on the top of the list,” he said, when asked whether he thought he could have won the nomination. “I made my decision solely on my desire to be chairman of Ways and Means and my ability to have a huge impact where I am.” The committee chairmanship has been a long-stated ambition of Ryan’s, and a reason he passed up the chance in the past to run for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin and for a House leadership position. “I always believed chairman of Ways and Means was the right place for me. Now that I have it, I’m very happy with where I am,” said Ryan, who said he made his decision against a 2016 bid in the final weeks of last month. Ryan said he had shared his decision with Gov. Walker. In Walker and Ryan, Wisconsin had two potential GOP presidential candidates, making it somewhat improbable that both would run. Walker has talked more and more openly about a White House bid in recent weeks, and begun taking steps toward a candidacy. Walker will be appearing with other possible Republican candidates in Iowa this month, and is a featured speaker Thursday at the winter meetings of the Republican National Committee in San Diego. Ryan chairs his first meeting of the House Ways and Means committee Tuesday. “I wanted to get off on the right foot,” said Ryan of the Ways and Means panel. “I wanted to make the announcement before we get rolling” with the committee.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told the Journal Sentinel Monday he will not run for president in 2016 and instead focus on his role as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Ryan is one of the few Republicans who could cause me to vote for a Democrat. I'm kidding. I would just not vote.
He's got that Bob Dole charisma.
And the Eddie Munster crown.
That means 1 down and twenty nine to go. Maybe Mike Huckabee taking the necessary steps to run for president again in 2016 put the fear into him. I think Ryan is more suited for his job as chairman of the House Ways and Means committee than he is as POTUS.
Of course. What the country needs is another rock star like Obama. After all we are a country of style over substance. Sadly I have prescription for how we may reverse course as it will take some unpleasnt medicine and really tough love. No-one in the U.S. will accpet this. So let's keep shoving empty suits and empty chairs into the WH and halls of Congress. Heck, we already have a leg up on that in SCOTUS.
At least Huckabee plays a decent bass.
At least Huckabee plays a decent bass. Mike Huckabee is okay. He talks sense and he seems to be a fun person to be around. I find him to be highly principled. I think he is going to make a great presidential candidate. Whether I will vote for him or not remains to be seen. I am having trouble finding someone better, but I am still looking. Yes, he does play well.
Huck's a spoiler for Jeb. But he's really working towards getting a gig at Hillary's inauguration.
LMAO. Good one.
Check out his record as governor. He talks sensibly on tv but his record tells another story.
I can't stand Ryan and would rather see him get tossed out of office just like Eric Cantor. But that said, Ryan is only 44 years old. Although he has POTUS ambitions, I think he's willing to wait another dozen years or so for his turn. Why get battered & beat-up in the mudslinging primaries when he doesn't have to? But he'll jump at the chance to be a VP running mate again. Anything to keep his name in the national media.
"Some people march to a different drummer — and some people polka."
That would cause me no heartburn.
Thanks. Of course I will check him out, like I will all contenders. He does talk a good story, but then that is the trademark of any successful politician.
That would cause me no heartburn. Ryan just looks deceitful.
#2. To: Abcdefg (#1)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: hondo68 (#2)
#4. To: hondo68 (#0)
Republican Paul Ryan won't run for president in 2016
#5. To: hondo68 (#2)
He's got that Bob Dole charisma.
#6. To: Spartacus, hondo68 (#4)
Maybe Mike Huckabee taking the necessary steps to run for president again in 2016 put the fear into him.
#7. To: SOSO, hondo68 (#6)
Maybe Mike Huckabee taking the necessary steps to run for president again in 2016 put the fear into him.
#8. To: SOSO, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#6)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#9. To: hondo68 (#8)
But he's really working towards getting a gig at Hillary's inauguration.
#10. To: Spartacus (#7)
#11. To: Spartacus (#4)
I think Ryan is more suited for his job as chairman of the House Ways and Means committee than he is as POTUS.
#12. To: Willie Green (#11)
I can't stand Ryan and would rather see him get tossed out of office just like Eric Cantor.
#13. To: out damned spot (#10)
#14. To: Spartacus, Willie Green (#12)
I can't stand Ryan and would rather see him get tossed out of office just like Eric Cantor.
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