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Source: Paul Ryan Talked to Boehner About White House Bid
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Aug 16, 2011 11:42am |
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| Author | David M. Drucker |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is considering a run for president but is likely to decide against it for the same reasons that have kept him out of the race to this point, a well-placed Wisconsin Republican operative said Tuesday morning.
The House Budget chairman’s fresh interest in a 2012 White House bid was first reported Tuesday by the Weekly Standard, and the Badger State GOP operative confirmed the conservative political journal’s report in a telephone interview with Roll Call.
In fact, Ryan discussed the matter with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) when the subject of whether he should be appointed to the bipartisan Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction arose, according to this source.
But the GOP operative cautioned that Ryan was still leaning against running for president for the same reason he has eschewed a major leadership position within the House Republican Conference: to avoid the fundraising and political demands that would keep him away from his wife and young children for extended periods. Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s entrance into the race might only serve to reinforce to Ryan, 41, that a White House bid would require a significant fundraising effort.
“Despite a new round of urging and conversations, nothing has changed,” the Wisconsin operative told Roll Call. “People continue to urge Paul Ryan to run — that group is growing, not shrinking. But I am unaware of anything changing his calculus or plan to do that.”
“He’s not intimidated by Rick Perry or anything,” the operative said. “But if he were to do this, it certainly just got harder; it didn’t get easier.” |
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