Paul Ryan’s Presidential Denials Won't Dim Establishment Hopes
House Speaker Paul Ryan keeps trying to reject the notion that, somehow, in this crazy election year, he could emerge from a contested convention as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee.
Ryan plans to deliver a statement at the Republican National Committee office in Washington Tuesday to, once again, rule out a bid for the presidency. But no matter how many times the Wisconsin Republican says that he won’t be the nominee, the rumors have persisted, fueled by the traditional business wing of the party, which has become increasingly isolated this year.
Often the target of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz’s populist bombast, establishment Republicans are desperate for a reasonable -- and safe -- conservative. They’ve been pinning their hopes and dreams on the wonkish Ryan, if not for 2016 then for 2020.
"He is smart, thoughtful and willing to find common ground to get things done," said Bill Oberndorf, who co-founded the investment firm SPO Partners & Co.
"In short, he is everything Republican voters have decided to reject in 2016. At the end of the day, they will have stood on their conservative swords to nominate a candidate that will elect Hillary Clinton president. How short-sighted. How pathetic," Oberndorf said.
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