Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Just watch Paul Ryan Date:   4/27/2016 2:19:54 PM

I agree.  It just struck me this morning that Paul Ryan seems to think the House of Representatives ist fornming the base the Repulican platform and setting the agenda for the country.  Maybe we don't even need  a President. 

I voted for Obama twice.  He disappointed me in a number of areas, but overall I don't think he has been anywhere close to the worst President.  I am attracted to Trump mostly because he is an outsider and I do not believe he will accept the status quo.  He'll either be great or he'll be a total disaster.  But I am not one that hopes they will trot out Paul Ryan to save the day - he is fundamentally a Tea Partier and there is nothing in the Tea Party that attracts me. 

I fear you are right - that the Republicans are headed for a crash and split.  It is now an "awful" thing to be a moderate, yet those are usually the most successful Presidents.  And I really don't believe that Reagan was a great President.  He just about bankrupted the country in defense spending, the world is not necessarily a safer place without a Soviet Union - and his economic policies were terrible.  Even his Budget Director - Stockman - has admiitted they didn't work.  The best thing about Reagan was he was a good communicator and was able to bring people to feel better about the country after the Nixon and Carter years.