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Ryan Sets His Terms (Or Not)

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, takes reporters' questions as during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday,... House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, takes reporters' questions as during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. The budget deal was one of a few major measures left on Congress' to-do list near the end of a bruising year that has produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Obama's agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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October 19, 2015 12:26 p.m.
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As I said last week, I really have no idea whether all this Paul Ryan stuff is just shadow boxing or mass delusion or what. But it seems like Ryan’s now putting out his terms for taking the job (or not, it’s from an anonymous ally who talked to CBS News). Basically, he’ll take the job but with zero bargaining with the “Freedom Caucus” and various other pro-shutdown, debt default nutballs.

At some point, they actually need to find a Speaker, though, right?

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