Pence won't promise support for Ryan's reelection as speaker

[ApatheticAustrian]

Pence dodges when asked if Ryan should be re-elected speaker
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pence-dodges-when-asked-if-ryan-should-be-re-elected-speaker/article/2606363

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[Beefalow and the Consumer]

I have said this entire time that Trump winning the election would be worse for the GOP than Trump losing.  #accolades

[Maxwell]

The GOP is the party of shirty CEO's - always after short term gains over the health of the country or even health of the party.

[ApatheticAustrian]

i could live with trump's win if it would settle the GOP straight and/or create the kind of midterm backlash obama faced in 2010.

i just doubt both points very, VERY much.

[President Johnson]

I have said this entire time that Trump winning the election would be worse for the GOP than Trump losing.  #accolades

In the case of Ryan, it doesn't make a big difference. If the GOP keeps its majority and the freedom caucus blocks Ryan, I think that Democrats should work out a deal with him: They vote for Ryan as Speaker, and in return the Hillary administration gets some legislation passed. Ryan could really be forced to do that, as electoral-vote.com in this report just yesterday suggested. It would be fun.

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

This could actually help with conservative voters, given their distrust of Ryan.

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

I have said this entire time that Trump winning the election would be worse for the GOP than Trump losing.  #accolades

In the case of Ryan, it doesn't make a big difference. If the GOP keeps its majority and the freedom caucus blocks Ryan, I think that Democrats should work out a deal with him: They vote for Ryan as Speaker, and in return the Hillary administration gets some legislation passed. Ryan could really be forced to do that, as electoral-vote.com in this report just yesterday suggested. It would be fun.

The ACA will have to be reformed before it collapses.  A "House Sanity Caucus," plus a Democratic Senate, plus President HRC could take the best GOP ideas (interstate insurance market, liberalized health savings accounts), and add in assurances that the best Obamacare features (coverage of pre-existing conditions, subsidized insurance for those who don't get through employment) remain.

HRC: I saved everyone's insurance!!
GOP: We killed Obamacare!!
Paul Ryan: I made it all happen!!

Win, win, win.