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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 4 Sep 2020

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Peter Spiliakos

    All Paul Ryan really ever wanted was to be Chairman of Ways & Means or Budget. He'd have been a fine Speaker under a different President, given his skills at keeping his caucus together.https://twitter.com/petespiliakos/status/1302035808837423104 …

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    Peter Spiliakos @petespiliakos
    This was always my problem with Paul Ryan fandom. He was best when he was trying to find compromises with the center-left on things like health care. He wasn't suited to be an executive or speaker where he needed an opinion on everything. He wasn't a generalist. https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1302034759313428487 …
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      1. D.E.‏ @tkdylan 4 Sep 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        He’s a scruffy looking nerf herder, not a cat herder.

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      2. CTIronman‏ @CTIronman 4 Sep 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        He needed a wartime consigliere

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      3. Steven Brown‏ @SNBrown1980 5 Sep 2020
        Replying to @CTIronman @baseballcrank

        I don't think he was even a good peace time consigliere...for all his supposed reform and budget hawk, he rolled over quite easily for the big government agenda of GWB. He wasn't in leadership yet but his profile was high enough that he could have put up a fight.

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      1. Peter Spiliakos‏ @petespiliakos 4 Sep 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        I remember a speech he gave saying Barney Frank told him to be a mile deep rather than a mile wide and he took it to heart. Then, his party kept demanding he be a mile wide. It just wasn't his strength.

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      1. Commodore Matt Decker, B.A. in Hamburgerology‏ @CdreMattDecker 4 Sep 2020
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        Any speaker with a small and fractious majority will struggle.

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      2. I Came; I Saw; I Got Over Macho Grande‏ @smitty_one_each 4 Sep 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        He made a good Robin alongside BatMitt, but their non-command of the Tea Party base was their doom.

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      3. Theodore Herrera‏ @therrera789 4 Sep 2020
        Replying to @smitty_one_each @baseballcrank

        That was such a weak ticket

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      1. Theodore Herrera‏ @therrera789 4 Sep 2020
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        He was simply not a fighter conservatives needed

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      1. CommodoreBTC‏ @CommodoreBTC 4 Sep 2020
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        Ryan had no discernable plan for keeping the House in 2018. Like he wanted to lose

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      1. Roux‏ @rouxdsla 5 Sep 2020
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        Paul Ryan lied to us. He promised regular order in the house and he never did it.

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