OH: More Money Stuff (August)

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Hasn't Ryan done this in every election cycle?

I really don't see why he'd want to stay in the House. I understand not challenged Kasich in 2014, and Portman would have been tough but he has to eventually give one of the offices a shot right?

Not really. Ryan could easily wind up in the mold of Kaptur, that is to say, a House lifer. He got into a safe Congressional seat at the age of 29, what's his actual incentive to seek statewide office? He will, eventually, be Chairman of the Appropriations Committee if he sticks around, or he could wind up as Speaker.

I think speakership is pretty likely. The Progressives are getting much stronger than before, and when the Democrats retake the House there may be a lot of pressure on the Representatives to choose a Speaker paltable to their base. Ryan would be a leading candidate. I do think though, that even a failed run for Governor, if he campaigns decently, could keep him popular and increase his name ID. That would be a net positive.

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I'm gonna go ahead and pick door number three out of that false choice and maintain my opinion that one shouldn't make excuses for war criminals. I'm not trying to solve the Syrian Civil War here.

I don't have a plan, but anyone who seems a complex matter of international affairs as a simple one of black and white is, well, blind. Basically what Castro said. But, this is off topic.

Kucinich used to be a pretty cool dude, and good ol' thorn in the side to the political establishment as a progressive populist. He's become a major wackadoo since he left Congress, and is considerably right-leaning.

Come on, no one is saying that Assad is a good person, but he's obviously better than ISIS. Obviously Assad, ISIS, and the Bush administration are all war criminals.

Lol, nice try.
Also, wtf, this field is getting insane. I hope Cordray manages to clean this up and no clown like Kucinish wins.

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Kasich is such a showboat. He doesn't have any real positions.

...As opposed, for example, to brave ideologues Rand Paul and Ted Cruz who always make bold noises and then vote with the party line.