When House Speaker Paul D. Ryan released a video laying out his familiar theme that politics should be fought on ideas and issues, the Drudge Report’s headline was: “Paul Ryan launches his first campaign ad.” A dream of some Republicans is that Mr. Ryan will rescue them from a fiasco in the presidential election. That is unlikely. As states assemble delegates for the party convention, there are already demands that no votes be cast for someone who did not run.
It would be rational to turn to Gov. John Kasich of Ohio or Mr. Ryan, who might win the election, but neither the season nor the Republican grass roots seem to reward rationality.
Prior to the US War Between the States, the Whig party was the "conservative branch" of political ideals and principles. It morphed to the Know Nothing party and then some jerk grabbed Abe Lincoln to form the Republican party that later created the War between the States. Today, we are seeing the demise of the Republican Party. It is the TERRORIST PARTY, now. I am glad to see the Republican carcass be kicked to the wayside. Vote Scruffy in 2016!
