The Ryan Revolution.... By Matthew Continetti

[mystery-ak]

http://www.nationalreview.com/node/425995/print

 The Ryan Revolution
By Matthew Continetti — October 24, 2015

Rumble in the Jungle this was not.

On one side: Paul Ryan, who said he’d run for speaker of the House only if Republicans were unified, open to reforms, and respectful of his family life. On the other: the House Freedom Caucus, which had influenced John Boehner’s decision to retire and Kevin McCarthy’s withdrawal from consideration. The Freedom Caucus had a reputation. Combative, aggrieved, empowered.

And supportive of Ryan. Even the persnickety Justin Amash of Michigan endorsed him. That adversarial relationship between “conservatives” and “leadership” we had heard about for so long? It melted away. The encounter between the Wisconsin congressman and his colleagues wasn’t a fight. It wasn’t a negotiation. It was unification.

Now Ryan is on track to become, according to National Journal, “the most conservative House speaker in recent history.” But Ryan is more than his voting record. The speaker he reminds me of most is Newt Gingrich. Not personality-wise. Leadership-wise.

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[jmyrlefuller]

It's probably more like resignation at this point that there's nothing we're going to be able to do to actually push through the necessary legislation to fix our country, and the people won't elect the leaders willing to do so.

[Oceander]

It's probably more like resignation at this point that there's nothing we're going to be able to do to actually push through the necessary legislation to fix our country, and the people won't elect the leaders willing to do so.

You tell me one, just one, piece of such legislation that would have a snowball's chance in Hell of avoiding a veto by Obama.