As former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour says, “We don’t have a leadership problem in the House Republican caucus, we have a followership problem”.
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Pressure is growing stronger as Paul Ryan remains at home in Janesville.
The unexpected resignation of John Boehner, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, followed by the last minute decision by Kevin McCarthy, majority leader, who was considered the shoo-in as the next speaker to withdraw have given liberal journalists a field day. In a technological age, Walden said misinformation and rumors can circulate through social media and become established “truth” long before the facts get aired.
Conaway, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said in a statement to McClatchy: “I’m flattered and there are conversations going on within the family, the 25 Texans and the 247 Members of our Republican Conference, member to member, as to who that person might be”. They set the majority party’s legislative agenda in the House. And when they understand that over 200 of us were supporting Boehner and were also willing to support [Kevin] McCarthy and also wiling to support Paul Ryan. The conservative Republican Study Committee is wading into key policy fights.
Nunes added: “It really threatens the future of the party”.
What does having so many would-be candidates in the mix do to Texas?
Sources close to both Sessions, chairman of the Rules Committee, and McCaul, who heads the Homeland Security Committee – both speaking not for attribution because of the sensitivity of the issue – said the lawmakers would be interested in the post if Ryan is not. If I were to have such an honor I’d stress your values, consistent conservatism, job you did as minority leader in the Georgia House, how you work well with Democrats, realize that you need wise counsel, how you’d begin to reclaim respect for the House of Representatives and get the Republican majority in the House to be a positive for whomever wins the Republican nomination for president. According to ABC News, GOP presidential hopeful Trump said: “I watched Hillary [Clinton] last night-‘we’re gonna give this, we’re gonna give that'”. “That was John Boehner’s approach to leadership”. So you’d like to have a leadership that’s stable as you’re going through that process. “They expect members to choose their leaders – and not the other way around”.
“If he fails a few type of false litmus test by those who just continue to take us down this road of dysfunction, then the proponents of dysfunction will begin to lose all credibility – and frankly I think it will be their last stand”, Jolly said.
Brendan Buck, a spokesman for Ryan, confirmed to Breitbart News that Ryan has not been calling his colleagues but he has been taking phone calls whenever his colleagues call him.
Boehner has said he will remain on the job until his successor is picked. “I would bet money he does not (take the speakership). But I’m not very good at gambling”.
Email chains from potential speaker candidates all include a the caveat “unless Ryan decides to go for it”, Bost said. His endorsement and active solicitation of support for his chosen candidate to win the speaker’s race could do a lot to bring peace to the GOP caucus at a critical time. The outgoing Speaker, John Boehner, a chain-smoking Republican from Ohio, will be entitled to a million dollars a year, for five years, to “facilitate the administration, settlement and conclusion of matters pertaining to” his five-year tenure.
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“He’s a great communicator, the kind of messenger I think our party needs”, Jordan said of Ryan, who is being urged by many colleagues to seek the job.
