If this report is true and Paul Ryan runs, I will oppose him. The Rockefeller Republicans are trying to pressure the House Republican to run for President. House Speaker and political eunuch John Boeher likes the idea. Boehner is in cahoots with the Bush Mafia (Jeb Bush, Bill Bennett and Mitch Daniels) in applying the pressure on Ryan. The Bush machine are not doing this out of the goodness of their hearts. They clearly want something in return for supporting Ryan.
As Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan comes to a final decision about running for president, several top national conservatives are encouraging him to join the race. Ryan, who has been seriously but quietly considering a presidential bid for several months, is expected to decide on a run in the next two weeks.
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Another prominent conservative reformer, Jeb Bush, also thinks Ryan should run.
“Paul Ryan would be a formidable candidate. I admire his substance and energy. Win or lose, he would force the race to be about sustained, job-creating economic growth and the real policies that can achieve it.”[….]
Ryan is in Colorado vacationing with his family this week. Three sources close to Ryan tell THE WEEKLY STANDARD that his wife, Jana, is “on board” with a presidential bid. “That is a very big deal,” says one Ryan confidant. “Not that she’s enthusiastic, but she understands and she’s with him on it.”
Ryan is also spending this time talking to friends and advisers as he tries to finalize his decision. Bill Bennett, who counts as both, will be taking a hike with Ryan later this week and will be talking to him about a run. “I’ll be with him in the next couple days and I expect to have some good long talks,” Bennett says from Colorado.
The Bush Mafia and the Rockefeller Republicans are manipulative and cynical scoundrels. Clearly they feel that if they help Paul Ryan win the nomination, he will owe them. That means Jeb Bush would be Ryan’s VP. Haven’t Conservatives learned their lessons from the disasterous Presidencies of Papa and Baby Bush?
Conservatives, stay out the Bushes and say no to Ryan in 2012.
