Ryan Goes ‘All In’ for Speaker

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) “officially declared his bid for House speaker Thursday after consolidating the support he needs to be elected by his colleagues next week,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Ryan: “I never thought I’d be speaker. But I pledged to you that if I could be a unifying figure, then I would serve — I would go all in.”

Politico: “Ryan has agreed to delay a discussion about reforming the procedural motion used to remove a House speaker, a major concession to the House Freedom Caucus.”