Speaker Paul Ryan’s bombshell in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that he is “just not ready” to support Donald Trump as his party’s standard-bearer indicates he’s more interested in protecting his long-term future than bowing to short-term pressures. But Trump’s hostile takeover of the GOP is just one reason why Ryan’s predicament is the ultimate political Rubik’s Cube of 2016.
It sounds counter-intuitive, but for the sake of his political future, Ryan might rather Republicans lose control of the House than keep their majority in November. CONT.
David Wasserman, Cook Political Report