Earlier today, news broke that Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) had been asked again by Speaker John Boehner, Mitt Romney, and other GOP leaders to run for Speaker of the House.
For weeks, the news had been that Ryan refused to run–but that was before House Majority Leader and Young Guns coauthor Kevin McCarthy dropped out of the race.
Now, conservative radio host Erick Erickson is saying:
Erickson, the founder of the Red State blog, has been a vocal leader against Boehner and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. For Erickson to predict Ryan will be Speaker likely indicates Ryan can pick up enough conservatives to get the 218 votes needed to be elected.
That is, if Ryan is truly willing to take the job and stop going to his kids’ soccer games on the weekend.
