Chorus of voices pushing Paul Ryan toward speaker gavel grows louder - The Washington Post

Chorus of voices pushing Paul Ryan toward speaker gavel grows louder - The Washington Post:




Here are the top 5 House speaker choices

Fix managing editor Aaron Blake runs down the top five contenders for House Speaker John Boehner's job now and says why they might—or might not - be the one to win. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post)
By Paul Kane and Robert Costa October 9
After Friday’s final House votes, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) cut a path through a pack of reporters down the Capitol steps and into a waiting car.

“Really, I don’t have anything more to add or say. Nothing’s changed. Right now, I’m just going to catch my flight so I can make it home for dinner,” said Ryan, 45, a father of three school-age children.




Ryan drove off, headed to Janesville, Wis., and, for the moment, away from the growing clamor among his Republican colleagues that he run for House speaker after two weeks of intense chaos since John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) announced he would step down from the job."