Which leaves us with just enough ambiguity to not know where this goes from here. An endorsement would have taken 80% of the 40 member caucus and he got more like 70%.
So does this mean Ryan is in? Well he says he will wait and see what the other caucuses say though I suspect those are given. It;s FC that is the question.
I do believe that if-big if-anyone can do the job Paul Ryan could be that one. He comes in with his eyes open and his demands are the right ones. What's the use of taking the job if anyone at any time can cut him off at the knees?
But I find the statement by the FC ambiguous:
"Members of the House Freedom Caucus -- the conservative hardliners who have been roiling GOP leadership in recent weeks -- emerged from a meeting Wednesday on Rep. Paul Ryan's speaker candidacy willing to give him their "support" as a group. In a caucus vote, about two-thirds of the members said they were comfortable supporting Ryan as speaker, according to those present. However, they did not reach the 80 percent support line that the caucus requires to give its endorsement. After the meeting members also said the group would not concede to the conditions Ryan has given publicly to accept the speakership."
"We are sending the message to the conference and Paul Ryan that he has our support, but that we will continue to ask for the changes that we are asking for," said Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) told reporters."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ryan-freedom-caucus
But that it seems to me is a big problem. If they don't accept his conditions then he shouldn't accept the job and from what he has said, he won't.
I agree that he doesn't want to go in setting himself up for failure and if they don't accept his conditions that is exactly what it will be.
"While caucus members said they would not be giving Ryan their endorsement, they said they believed he now had the votes to win the speakership both in the conference and on the floor."
“We are not meeting all his demands,” Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) told reporters.“But if he wants to be speaker, he has the votes as of tonight.”
"Among other things, Ryan had asked as a precondition for him running for speaker that he can maintain time for his family -- speakers typically spend the weekends fundraising -- and that the motion to vacate be "de-weaponized." The latter in particular had caused concerns for Freedom Caucus members. At one point, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-WV) stepped out of the meeting to fetch a copy of the Jefferson Manuel from his staff."
"The demands were not agreed to,” Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) said.
So if this is right then I don't think they have a deal and may not get there.
So if not then how does he take the job?
So does this mean Ryan is in? Well he says he will wait and see what the other caucuses say though I suspect those are given. It;s FC that is the question.
I do believe that if-big if-anyone can do the job Paul Ryan could be that one. He comes in with his eyes open and his demands are the right ones. What's the use of taking the job if anyone at any time can cut him off at the knees?
But I find the statement by the FC ambiguous:
"Members of the House Freedom Caucus -- the conservative hardliners who have been roiling GOP leadership in recent weeks -- emerged from a meeting Wednesday on Rep. Paul Ryan's speaker candidacy willing to give him their "support" as a group. In a caucus vote, about two-thirds of the members said they were comfortable supporting Ryan as speaker, according to those present. However, they did not reach the 80 percent support line that the caucus requires to give its endorsement. After the meeting members also said the group would not concede to the conditions Ryan has given publicly to accept the speakership."
"We are sending the message to the conference and Paul Ryan that he has our support, but that we will continue to ask for the changes that we are asking for," said Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) told reporters."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ryan-freedom-caucus
But that it seems to me is a big problem. If they don't accept his conditions then he shouldn't accept the job and from what he has said, he won't.
I agree that he doesn't want to go in setting himself up for failure and if they don't accept his conditions that is exactly what it will be.
"While caucus members said they would not be giving Ryan their endorsement, they said they believed he now had the votes to win the speakership both in the conference and on the floor."
“We are not meeting all his demands,” Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) told reporters.“But if he wants to be speaker, he has the votes as of tonight.”
"Among other things, Ryan had asked as a precondition for him running for speaker that he can maintain time for his family -- speakers typically spend the weekends fundraising -- and that the motion to vacate be "de-weaponized." The latter in particular had caused concerns for Freedom Caucus members. At one point, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-WV) stepped out of the meeting to fetch a copy of the Jefferson Manuel from his staff."
"The demands were not agreed to,” Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) said.
So if this is right then I don't think they have a deal and may not get there.
So if not then how does he take the job?
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