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Wisconsin is pretty well convinced that Ryan quit over fear of Democrats—and there is much truth there. No politician gives up power without a push. Whether the hostility toward Ryan transfers to any GOP substitute, or if it will diminish now that Ryan is gone—thereby may hang the future of Wisconsin politics.
This is no surprise. But it does, nonetheless, add to the growing narrative about the fate which will unfold this fall for the Republican Party.
The outgoing speaker’s district will be in play this November.
Ryan’s sudden retirement announcement removes the second of Wisconsin’s hulking conservative figures of the last decade from the political battlefield in a period of months after Priebus’ ignominious ouster from the White House.
He’s experienced a wave election before, but that time it helped him.
That’s the message on Supreme Court race, treasurer referendum. Was message received?
59 cities rank higher. New data may have lessons for state policymakers.
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Women in Government From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Dale Kooyenga says “with the assistance of family and friends,” he’ll reimburse the state $30,000 it’s paying to settle a lawsuit filed by a Madison man
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dems are seizing on Paul Ryan’s decision to forgo a re-election bid to boost their argument the 1st CD and control of the House are in play this fall. Republicans, meanwhile, sought
Ryan was the most important Republican in Washington from 2009 to 2016. He now seems like a throwback from a bygone era.
He was civil, well-informed, polite, and firm, the opposite of a table-pounding, demagogic extremist, and that probably just aggravated his critics on the left even more.
There appears to be nothing bad that Trump could do that would, in Ryan’s mind, outweigh the benefits of the GOP tax cuts. That is moral myopia.
The best word to describe the 2017 NAEP for Wisconsin is stagnation.
Wisconsin is pretty well convinced that Ryan quit over fear of Democrats—and there is much truth there. No politician gives up power without a push. Whether the hostility toward Ryan transfers to any GOP substitute, or if it will diminish now that Ryan is gone—thereby may hang the future of Wisconsin politics.
This is no surprise. But it does, nonetheless, add to the growing narrative about the fate which will unfold this fall for the Republican Party.
The outgoing speaker’s district will be in play this November.
Ryan’s sudden retirement announcement removes the second of Wisconsin’s hulking conservative figures of the last decade from the political battlefield in a period of months after Priebus’ ignominious ouster from the White House.
He’s experienced a wave election before, but that time it helped him.
That’s the message on Supreme Court race, treasurer referendum. Was message received?
59 cities rank higher. New data may have lessons for state policymakers.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Access the mobile version of the News Summary: https://www.wispolitics.com/2018/thu-news-summary-ryan-retirement-analysis-and-reaction-walker-wont-appoint-clarke-replacement-kooyenga-to-repay-state-for-30k-settlement/ **************************************** Next Tuesday, April 17: WisPolitics Luncheon with Mayor Paul Soglin Join WisPolitics.com for lunch … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Women in Government From WisPolitics.com … — Rep. Dale Kooyenga says “with the assistance of family and friends,” he’ll reimburse the state $30,000 it’s paying to settle a lawsuit filed by a Madison man whose sign the lawmaker removed from the Capitol rotunda. Kooyenga’s
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dems are seizing on Paul Ryan’s decision to forgo a re-election bid to boost their argument the 1st CD and control of the House are in play this fall. Republicans, meanwhile, sought to counter that assertion, while the names of a string
Ryan was the most important Republican in Washington from 2009 to 2016. He now seems like a throwback from a bygone era.
He was civil, well-informed, polite, and firm, the opposite of a table-pounding, demagogic extremist, and that probably just aggravated his critics on the left even more.
There appears to be nothing bad that Trump could do that would, in Ryan’s mind, outweigh the benefits of the GOP tax cuts. That is moral myopia.
The best word to describe the 2017 NAEP for Wisconsin is stagnation.