Republicans in tailspin, group forms to draft Ryan for U.S. president

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Republicans in tailspin, group forms to draft Ryan for U.S. president

Reuters

By Doina Chiacu and Megan Cassella 7 hours ago

By Doina Chiacu and Megan Cassella

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With U.S. Republicans sharply split over a front-runner they cannot unite behind, a new group is trying to push the country's top elected Republican, Paul Ryan, into the White House race.

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The Committee to Draft Speaker Ryan filed papers as a Super PAC with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday, adding to the groups of mainstream Republican leaders and donors with a shared goal: stopping Trump.

Ryan, the House of Representatives speaker who spoke out against Trump for not quickly rejecting white supremacist support, did not appear ready to take on the role.

"He is flattered, but not interested," Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in an email on Friday.

Politico first reported the formation of the draft-Ryan PAC.

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Mitt Romney, the Republicans' losing presidential candidate in 2012, also said he was not interested.

"There are no circumstances I can foresee where that would possibly happen," Romney said on NBC's "Today" show on Friday, a day after he excoriated Trump as a fraud ill-equipped for the White House.

The Republican Party may need more than a hero as it grapples with its deepest divisions in decades.

Those splits were on display again on Thursday night as Trump took on his two closest challengers, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz of Texas, in a debate marked by the yelling, name-calling and vulgarity that has tainted the 2016 Republican race.

Trump's rivals said they would support the ultimate nominee but it was clear on Friday that would be easier said than done.

"That is the quandary I'm trying to avoid the Republican Party having to face," Rubio said on CNN on Friday.

While the anti-Trump movements proliferated, some Republicans have urged party leaders to respect the will of the voters.

Trump spokesman Sam Clovis seized on that message on Friday, warning on CNN that it was dangerous for Republican leaders to "call American voters stupid" because they support Trump.

"You have record turnout in every state so far. Record turnout. That doesn't happen by accident, said Clovis, national campaign co-chairman.

Trump is "tapping into what is going on in this country like no one else has in a long, long time. I haven't seen anything like this since Ronald Reagan."

Columnist Peggy Noonan, a former Reagan speechwriter, had a different lament in the Wall Street Journal on Friday. "I think we are seeing a great political party shatter before our eyes," she said.

"But we are witnessing history. Something important is ending. It is hard to believe what replaces it will be better. No one knows where this goes. The top of the party and the bottom have split."

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu and Megan Cassella; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Bill Trott)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-tailspin-group-forms-draft-ryan-u-president-141506858.html

Well, it's sad they don't want their own people. Then why let them run in the first place?

[smilesammich 10,727]

too bad his free hand is cut out of the frame. need to do some measurements here..

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Those are some long, manly fingers.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Hahahaha no comment

[smilesammich 10,727]

Those are some long, manly fingers.

well will ya look at that.

further evidence...

Edited March 4, 2016 by elitesthuglib

[Janelle2002 3,865]

The Republicans are screwed. If they take Trump down they lose all the Trump fan support. If he gets the nomination he can't answer any questions, Palin comes to mind, and real Americans aren't going to let this fly. If he wins the election, etc world will see how racist, stupid and bigoted he is as well as will look at the u.s. side eyed because we elected him.

This is interesting indeed.I think they should bring back Colin Powell.

Edited March 4, 2016 by Janelle2002

[smilesammich 10,727]

colin powell is super accommodating.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

colin powell is super accommodating.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

[GandD 5,966]

Colin Powell openly lied to the World about Iraq having WMD's.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Colin Powell openly lied to the World about Iraq having WMD's.

BUT DO YOU SEE HIS HANDS?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Colin Powell openly lied to the World about Iraq having WMD's.

So you want to elect Bush again?

[GandD 5,966]

So you want to elect Bush again?

How would you possibly derive that from that statement? Colin Powell worked for the Bush Administration.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

How would you possibly derive that from that statement? Colin Powell worked for the Bush Administration.

So you have a better suggestion for a Republican runner? Give it to us

[GandD 5,966]

So you have a better suggestion for a Republican runner? Give it to us

I don't vote republican. You'd have to ask someone who does.

[GandD 5,966]

BUT DO YOU SEE HIS HANDS?

They are nice.