Pressure mounts on Paul Ryan to run for speaker

“He’d be an awesome speaker”, McCarthy declared to a bank of TV cameras after Republicans met behind closed doors to discuss their predicament. We have to get the job done.

But he was still the name on a lot of Republicans’ lips.

Why would anyone want to be speaker at this point?

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said on Friday he thinks U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan is “the one person” who could unify the Republican conference in the House.

And addressing rumors that he might step down as majority leader, McCarthy told his fellow Republicans he plans to remain in the job, a source in the room said.

Noem has said that she’d support a candidate like Rep. Paul Ryan or Rep. Trey Gowdy. His colleagues say he might be the only senior Republican who can play peacemaker between the ultra-conservatives and the other Republicans in the House.

Michael McAuliff covers Congress and politics for The Huffington Post. But they said he hasn’t entirely ruled out a run for speaker if Ryan declines increasing pressure to run for speaker. The initial favorite was Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, who could have logically and smoothly moved into the speaker’s chair.

GOP lawmakers from Boehner and McCarthy on down were on the Ryan bandwagon, the only figure in the House seen as having the stature, wide appeal and intelligence to lead Republicans out of the mess they’re in, according to the Associated Press.

“The fact is, yes, I think that I could potentially be a candidate”, Issa said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. “If we’re going to be strong we have to be 100% united”. There’s been discussion for a while now that that could be on the chopping block. “But he’s got to decide”. “Now, you want to ask basically why I’m pro-life? Now I believe that life begins at conception”, Ryan continued.

The country’s largest newspaper, USA Today, listed Kline No. 3 on its list of potential speaker candidates.

McCarthy addressed the media during a press conference Thursday afternoon, claiming that he was dropping out of the race so Republicans can unite with a “new face” for leadership. “The best course would be for us to select a candidate for Speaker who will serve in that capacity for the next 15 months. But he could save the House majority from self-destruction”. “That’s why this got stalled”, he said.

Not long after, Ryan rushed out of the Capitol, refusing to talk to reporters. Even Romney called Ryan, urging him to run.

“It’s the American people speaking up”.

Neither of McCarthy’s two rivals for the post, Chaffetz and Daniel Webster of Florida, had broad backing among the House’s 247 Republicans. “This is what’s great about the nation”. “This is not a few kind of high school debating class. This is business”.

SIOUX CITY | In a wildly fluctuating environment where a number of Republican lawmakers are being pushed to run for speaker of the House, Iowa 4th District Rep. Steve King is standing by the conservative he picked last week.

“We don’t think that unelected judges should make this decision; that people through their elected representatives in reaching a consensus in society through the democratic process should make this determination”, he said.