Paul Ryan might leave Congress in 2018. Why do you suppose that is?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/14/paul-ryan-retire-speaker-ready-leave-washington-216103

Despite several landmark legislative wins this year, and a better-than-expected relationship with President Donald Trump, Ryan has made it known to some of his closest confidants that this will be his final term as speaker. He consults a small crew of family, friends and staff for career advice, and is always cautious not to telegraph his political maneuvers. But the expectation of his impending departure has escaped the hushed confines of Ryan’s inner circle and permeated the upper-most echelons of the GOP. In recent interviews with three dozen people who know the speaker—fellow lawmakers, congressional and administration aides, conservative intellectuals and Republican lobbyists—not a single person believed Ryan will stay in Congress past 2018.

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	Nonsense - he's not going anywhere.
	1 (25%)
	Better to retire than to lose to Randy Bryce
	2 (50%)
	Bannon plans to pit Roy Moore against Ryan in the 2018 primary
	0 (0%)
	He wants to spend some time having his ears fixed
	0 (0%)
	Tom Perez has come across some photos....
	0 (0%)
	At the last White House meeting with Trump, just for fun, he thought's he'd measure for drapes.
	1 (25%)
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[democratisphere]

1. Ryan isn't going anywhere. Exasperated comments he has made

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recently were twisted into this story of his resignation.

[MoonRiver]

16. WERE not we're

[democratisphere]

17. Sorry. Forgot to turn off Auto-Incorrect.

The daily battle with Auto-Correct forges on!
Thanks, I hate misspellings.

[MoonRiver]

18. Understand.

[fishwax]

2. "several landmark legislative wins" ... which were those?

Nothing else in the article seems like sarcasm

[3catwoman3]

3. He's been in long enough to collect...

...a nice retirement and have health care for life?

[patricia92243]

4. He wants to have time to prepare to run for Prez. n/t

[Algernon Moncrieff]

14. I wonder if Mitt Romney is whispering in his ear

There is no love lost between Romney and Trump, and Romney is looking likely to end up in the Senate. I think he sees Ryan as solid Presidential material that he could influence.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. He feels he can make more money as a lobbyist

[Algernon Moncrieff]

12. I think he wants to be President

..and I think the Bush/Romney wing of the party want to get the party back from the Bannon wing. They see Ryan as a smart, youngish white guy that could do that.

The problem with President Ryan is that he is an invertebrate, and the Presidency requires some spine.

[marylandblue]

6. He will either get his tax cuts by 2018 or he won't

In either case, his very purpose for being will no longer be relevant, and he will be free to spend the rest of his existence writing wonky papers about elevating Ayn Rand to sainthood.

[rufus dog]

7. Российские связи п / т

[Algernon Moncrieff]

9. Da, Comrade!

OK - I have no idea what it says, but I love the response.

[brush]

8. He's getting out before shit hits the fan like Chaffetz did.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

10. Agreed: Whether Muller's investigation ends in firings & pardons or in impeachment

Ryan wants clean hands.

[Nevernose]

11. If he IS leaving

Besides the previously mentioned “other” (indictment, quitting before he gets indicted, etc.), there’s the possibility the crazy little Eddie Munster motherfucker wants to focus on primaryong Trump and running for president. As the “moderate.” Because that’s what the Falwells and Mercers and Thiels have given us: a world in which Paul Ryan could conceivably sell himself as a moderate and not be laughed out of the press briefing.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

13. Yep

Ryan can campaign as only being a little bit fascist.

[L. Coyote]

15. Mueller time?

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[MrsCoffee]

19. Winner winner chicken dinner.

[FSogol]

20. He sees himself as presidential material* & wants to avoid the stink of Trumpy's downhill slide

[Orsino]

21. He knows he can make more money for even less work elsewhere. n/t