Paul Ryan: Scott Walker Has ‘A Really Good Chance’ In 2016

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, fields questions as U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan looks on after a campaign stop at Mid-State Equipment on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Prairie du Sac, Wis. Ryan accused Democrat ... Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, fields questions as U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan looks on after a campaign stop at Mid-State Equipment on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Prairie du Sac, Wis. Ryan accused Democrat Mary Burke Wednesday of trying to make voters hate Walker so that she could win their race "by default," ratcheting up the rhetoric in the final days of a race that has been deadlocked or close to it for months. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer) MORE LESS

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Mitt Romney’s pick for vice president in the 2012 cycle has some advice for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: be yourself.

“We talk fairly often,” Ryan said in an interview with Wisconsin’s WITI on Thursday. The interview was flagged by The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “Scott’s a good friend of mine. I just give him advice just to be himself. I think he’s got a really good chance and I look forward to seeing how it goes for him.”

Ryan wasn’t formally endorsing Walker for president —and Walker, for that matter, hasn’t formally jumped into the race, but he’s strongly suggested that he plans to announce his candidacy soon.

“I want Scott to do the announcement on his own terms,” Ryan added. “I think he’s got a very good chance and a very good opportunity and I think he’s, I think people are taking great interest in his candidacy.”

In January, Ryan, who had been mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in both 2012 and 2016, said he wouldn’t run for president. When Romney announced that he would not run for president in 2016, Ryan said he wouldn’t back another candidate in the primary.

In February Ryan, in an interview with CNN, called Walker a “great governor.”

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  1. Avatar for wwss wwss says:

    When Paul Ryan starts telling the truth about his budget proposals (and his marathon times) I’ll then start listening to his opinions.

  2. Scott Walker has about as much chance as Mitt Romney did…how is that Vice Presidency going, Paul?

  3. He has a really good chance of losing badly.

  4. a good friend of mine. I just give him advice

    Air kissing isn’t just for society ladies and homos any more…

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