Republicans in tailspin, group forms to draft...drum roll, please...PAUL RYAN for U.S. president

[Miles Archer]

Republicans in tailspin, group forms to draft Ryan for U.S. president

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-republicans-ryan-idUSKCN0W61OK

With U.S. Republicans sharply split over a front-runner they cannot unite behind, a new group is trying to push the country's top elected Republican, Paul Ryan, into the White House race.

The Committee to Draft Speaker Ryan filed papers as a Super PAC with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday, adding to the groups of mainstream Republican leaders and donors with a shared goal: stopping Trump.

Ryan, the House of Representatives speaker who spoke out against Trump for not quickly rejecting white supremacist support, did not appear ready to take on the role.

"He is flattered, but not interested," Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in an email on Friday.

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. This is neither new nor surprising. nt

[KentuckyWoman]

2. I'm shocked.

Shocked I tell you, SHOCKED.

Good thing I was sitting down. S.H.O.C.K.E.D

[LongTomH]

3. "That's like surviving the Titanic disaster and being rescued by the Lusitania"

.....quote from the late Sir Terry Pratchett. Quite apropos, don't you think?

[Wounded Bear]

5. Bravo!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. He's already third in line, no?

President, VP, then Speaker of the House?

Trump gets elected with some other corrupt bozo as a running mate, they both get impeached, and Ryan is in.

[beac]

6. And if anyone believes that he "isn't interested"...

I refer them to his "Oh gosh, if it means THAT MUCH to you, I'll be Speaker! And because MY KIDS will ask me in the future what their Daddy did when there was a CRISIS." speech.

[karadax]

7. This one made me laugh. Did they forget when

Biden mopped the floor with him in the VP debate? If they want to bring out some chum in the GE go on ahead. Bernie and Hillary are two sharks that will savor their debate meal.

[valerief]

8. That's been the plan all along. That's why he finally accepted the speakership.

The nomination without the primary feces flinging.