Imagine that you live in a congressional district in Michigan or Pennsylvania where the race between the Republican and the Democrat is likely to be competitive in November. Now add in the fact that you just heard that the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is going to retire at the end of this term. Someone else will represent his district in Wisconsin--most likely another Republican. Would that change your vote in November? Would it make you less likely to vote? The only reasonable answer is "of course not." There probably aren't two people in the USA who will cast their votes based upon Paul Ryan leading the GOP in the House or not. Of course, if you listen to the pundits in the mainstream media, you would think exactly the opposite is true. There is a legion of articles today about how the GOP is despairing and fearing loss of control of the House because of the Ryan decision to retire. Some even go so far as to claim that the GOP will not even fight anymore to keep the House but will focus instead on the Senate.
The funny thing is that all the pundits who are offering opinions about the demise of House Republican control are liberal Democrats. It seems that this group is using the occasion to try to convince Republican voters that their cause is lost so they shouldn't bother to vote in November. Commentary on the news has changed into a political campaign. It's bizarre.
The funny thing is that all the pundits who are offering opinions about the demise of House Republican control are liberal Democrats. It seems that this group is using the occasion to try to convince Republican voters that their cause is lost so they shouldn't bother to vote in November. Commentary on the news has changed into a political campaign. It's bizarre.
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