Posted on 06/28/2018 8:44:29 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Prominent pollster and ex-Clinton aide Mark Penn said on Thursday that House Speaker Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) refusal to retire from his post is negatively affecting congressional Republicans' approval ratings.
"The Republicans in Congress also have a problem because they don't have a leader. They have a leader who quit. Whoever heard of going to an election with a leader who quit, but won't hold an election for a new leader?" Penn told Hill.TV's Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton on "Rising."
"So I think the Republicans, at least in Congress, are hitting themselves...because they don't have a united message or group," he added.
Congressional Democrats lead Republicans on the generic ballot ahead of November's midterm elections, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll.
The survey found that 45 percent of those polled said they prefer congressional Democrats, while only 36 percent said they prefer Republicans.
The Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll online survey of 1,448 registered voters was conducted June 24-25. The partisan breakdown is 37 percent Democrat, 32 percent Republican, 29 percent Independent and 2 percent other.
Ryan announced in April that he would be retiring at the end of this Congress, ending his speakership.
The Republican congressman has pushed back on calls to resign ahead of the midterms in an effort to help unify the party.
“There’s so much more I can do to keep continuity. We have a great leadership team. There’s so much more I can do to help keep this majority," Ryan said in an interview with NBC's Chuck Todd last April.
Makes me wonder if he wasn’t an infiltrator all along who is quitting since things didn’t work out quite the way he thought they would, but will “scorch earth” while he can.
Because he is a LOSER!!
Well sometimes maybe it's better to just leave 'em guessing.
Let’s not take advice from any Clinton people.
And sometimes we’re not guessing, but the infiltrator knows how to walk the fine line just close enough.
I knew he was no good when he was picked by mittens...
That’s only partly Ryan’s fault. The House GOP as a body put him in that position and has the authority to remove him from that position. For doing the former and failing to do the latter, they, collectively, deserve the blame they are getting.
Looks like he’s going to form a political consulting firm with Steve Schmidt.
I was thinking about this the other day. Does anyone think Ryan waiting until after the Nov elections is because it would give Jim a better chance at winning the vote?
Ryno is doing his job well, anything the demonrats instruct him to do.
Wisconsin Republican = Democrat.
The next speaker must be from a deep red state, not a pinkish/purplish state.
Uuuuuhh, No.
Just read THIS on the IG’s report: http://www.neonnettle.com/news/4310-ig-report-hillary-clinton-has-committed-sexual-crimes-against-children-
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