Paul Ryan-Endorsed Candidate Loses Bid For GOP Leadership Role

[DonViejo]

SAHIL KAPUR NOVEMBER 14, 2012, 5:00 PM

A new setback for Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA) defeated Rep. Tom Price (GA) on Wednesday to become the next House Republican Conference Chairman, according to a person in the room during the vote.

It’s a wake-up call for Ryan, who urged colleagues in a letter Tuesday morning to support Price, the former chief of the deeply conservative Republican Study Committee, and favorite of the party’s right wing.

McMorris Rodgers was Speaker John Boehner’s preference. Currently the vice chair of the GOP conference and highest ranking House Republican woman, she has been a loyal surrogate for leadership and has earned the Speaker’s trust.

Her victory in the hard-fought battle could foretell the direction the conference will move following President Obama’s re-election and the expanded Democratic majority in the Senate.
The source, a spokesperson for the Conference, told TPM that he did not have an exact vote count upon revealing the result during the closed-door meeting.

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[Tutonic]

1. Significant implications for the Tea Party.

The war within the party is raging.

[Pisces]

2. THis is good news. Ryan should put his tail between his legs and slink into the corner for a bit.

[LeFleur1]

4. She's Not All That

This woman is a right wing Republican. She may not be quite as loony as Ryan, but her win is not something to celebrate.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

5. 0% Rating from the Human Rights Campaign over the last four years.

League of Conservation Voters gives her an average of about 2-3% over the same period.

Yep. She's a Republican, all right.

[Pisces]

6. I didn't think she was great, she is a Republican after all. But Ryan's choice was even worse.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. All I have to say about that: