Paul Ryan Will Run for Speaker–if Conservative Colleagues
Stop Being a ‘Problem’
by Charlie Spiering 20 Oct 2015
The establishment wing of the Republican party is finally
getting its wish.
After meeting with House Republicans this evening, Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-WI) 58% admitted during a press conference that he was willing to
run for Speaker
of the House–but only if they met a list of demands of what it would
take to get him to run.
“We as a conference should unify now and not after a
divisive Speaker election,” Ryan said, calling for Republicans to gather as a
team and “move from an opposition party to being a proposition party.”
Ryan’s list of demands appeared to highlight party unity but
also party loyalty, as he criticized the chaos in the Republican
caucus, leading to Boehner’s resignation.
According to Ryan’s spokesperson Brendan Buck, his demands
included a change in the process for motion to “vacate the chair.”
“No matter who is speaker, they cannot be successful with
this weapon pointed at them all the time,” Buck told reporters before Ryan’s
speech.
Ryan signaled that the partisan brinkmanship had to come to
an end.
“We have become the problem,” Ryan said. “If my colleagues
entrust me to be the Speaker I want us to become the solution.”
Ryan urged his House colleagues to stop blaming the other
party, the president, and the media for blocking their agenda.
“People don’t care about blame, people don’t care about
effort, people care about results,” he said, calling for Republicans to embrace
“results-driven, common-sense conservatism.”
Ryan admitted that if the conference couldn’t unite
behind him, he would be “happy” to remain as chairman of the Ways and Means
committee.
“This is not a job I ever wanted and I’ve ever sought,” Ryan
said, referring to the situation as a “dire moment” in America.
He also refused to give up time with his family in
Janesville, Wisconsin, suggesting he would spend less time fundraising and less
time in Washington, D.C.
“I cannot and will not give up my family time,” he said,
while vowing he would work hard to make up for lost time if he was elected.
It’s unclear whether or not the House Freedom Caucus will
oppose Ryan unanimously or begrudgingly support him. Ryan’s ultimatum might be
enough to divide rebel conservatives who will likely face peer pressure from
their colleagues to fall in line.
After Ryan spoke with the conference, Rep. Jason Chaffetz
(R-UT) 82% announced that he would drop out of the Speaker race in favor of Ryan.
“Right person at the right time,” he wrote briefly on
Twitter.
Speaker of the House
John
A. Boehner is the speaker for the U.S.
House of Representatives, and a member of the Burning Tree Club.
Note: Tom C. Korologos
is a member of the Burning Tree Club,
and married to Ann McLaughlin Korologos.
Ann
McLaughlin Korologos is married to Tom
C. Korologos, and was the chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and the Economic Policy
Institute.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Jack
Valenti was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a
member of the Burning Tree Club.
David
H. Koch is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the EVP
for Koch Industries, and was a donor
for the Americans for Prosperity.
Koch Industries
was a funder for the Americans for
Prosperity, and is the sponsor for the Koch
Industries annual conference.
Paul
Ryan was a recipient of "Defender of the American Dream" award
from the Americans for Prosperity, a
guest at the Koch Industries annual
conference, is a member of the National
Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and admitted during a press
conference that he was willing to run for Speaker
of the House–but only if they met a list of demands of what it would take
to get him to run.
National
Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is a paid for staff by the Economic Policy Institute.
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