this is why he was the best choice to be the house speaker because he understands the tactical problems, longer term strategy, we want to win. we need more senators. we need to get the white house. and so he tells his team this is what we need. short-term these are tactics we have to follow. that s what the republicans have been sailing on. that s what broke apart the republican party in the house was this failure to understand that tactics for them are much different than the strategy. wa
particularly with a democrat in the white house. this is why he was the best choice to be the house speaker. because he understands the tactical problem. the longer-term strategy. we want to win, we need more senators. we need to get the white house. and so he tells his team, this is what we need. and, short term, these are the tactics we have to follow. that s what the republicans have been sailing on. that s what broke apart the republican party in the house. was this failure to understand that the tactics for them are much different than the strategy. can he get enough people behind him, particularly there s a lot of people on the right out there who have a vested not so much in congress but outside who have a vested interest in attacking republicans because it helps them with their ratings or their website. can ryan unite the republican party enough here the next 16 months? he has been very smart about how he s done this so far. remember, he set back, he waited