Paul Ryan: I’ll Consider Presidential Run After 2014 Elections

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan takes part in a San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce event, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in San Antonio. Ryan said House Republicans will tackle immigration reform in p... House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan takes part in a San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce event, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in San Antonio. Ryan said House Republicans will tackle immigration reform in pieces rather than the Senate's comprehensive approach. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) MORE LESS
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Rep. Paul Ryan says he’ll consider a presidential run after the 2014 elections.

The Wisconsin Republican and House budget chief said he hasn’t given much thought to the idea yet and will discuss it with his wife after the Nov. 4 midterm elections.

“I’ve consciously decided not to think about my personal ambitions, my personal career moves or … something after 2014,” Ryan said on Wednesday at a Washington breakfast for reporters hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

“The fact of it is I’m focusing on policy right now and the problems we have in front of us,” he said. “In 2015, at the appropriate time, Jan and I will sit down and have the proper deliberation and conversations that are necessary for that.”

Ryan will step down as Budget Committee chairman in January and is eying the chairmanship of the tax-writing Ways & Means Committee.

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  1. Avatar for meri meri says:

    You might. The rest of the country won’t.

  2. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH!
    Please proceed Congressman.

  3. So he wants to try again to sell the voters his supply side Ryan Budget again? I wonder what theyll disguise it as this time?

  4. LOL… wait… no… LOL

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