House Republicans ask: Can anyone lead us?

“I want to see a change in the culture of Washington, D.C.”, he said. “As Gutierrez once declared, “I have only one loyalty … and that’s to the immigrant community, ‘” Breitbart News” Julia Hahn said Friday.

Rep. Paul Ryan told GOP colleagues Friday (Oct. 9) he will consult with his family before deciding whether to accept their pleas that he run for speaker after successful efforts by conservative Republicans to force Speaker John Boehner’s resignation and derail the campaign by Boehner’s deputy to replace him. Others might jump in. “I’ve always argued there should be more people in the race not less”.

“With former vice presidential candidate and party star Rep. Paul Ryan saying don’t call me, King is in a good post position”, Newsday said. Stewart added that he urged Ryan to run, with the Wisconsin Republican replying that he was “thinking and praying on it”. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (Utah), chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he remains a candidate for speaker but also would support Ryan if he entered the race. Ryan is assigned as Love’s mentor in Congress.

With the Senate unable to act, House Republicans can’t negotiate differences with the other chamber nor with President Obama, Garrett said.

Earlier Friday, Issa used two appearances on cable TV to announce he would consider running for the post.

“I did everything except carry his gym bag this morning trying to get him to do it”, California Rep. Darrell Issa said. “With Paul, it’s not just words, it’s in his heart and soul”. To a member, the consensus among House Republicans is that the only person who has 218 votes is Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan. Why?

The House has gone home for the weekend, without Republicans deciding on a choice for the new speaker.

“Right now he has young kids and that has to be his top priority”, said Rick Mueller, 53, who owns a printing company in the town of about 65,000 northwest of Chicago.

Ryan has explicitly expressed a desire to remain focused on his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee, and conservative pundits are already building a case against him.

Why not? Possible reasons include the presidential ambitions he may well still harbor.

The irony being that he became speaker when Republicans took over the House with the Tea Party wave in 2010. It is not on anyone’s tactical roadmap to the White House, according to AP.

“Maybe they’re beginning to realize that John Boehner may have been the best deal”.

After McCarthy revealed his decision to his colleagues – standing beside his wife, Judy – the five-term lawmaker told reporters, “If we are going to be strong, we’ve got to be 100 percent united”. The world will still function.

“The first reaction was ‘Wow!’ or ‘What did he say?’ ” Representative Jeff Fortenberry for Nebraska’s first congressional district said.

The fight over the next speaker has exposed fractures in the party but Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-Sewickley, said it ultimately will strengthen the caucus: “This provides an opportunity for us to find the things that unite us, actually”.