HotAir Daily Express 10/09/2015

WaPo: Ryan reconsidering run for Speaker 10/9/2015 9:21:39 AM  Ed Morrissey 43 Comments His lips keep saying no no no, but everyone else around him keeps pressuring Paul Ryan to say yes. The Washington Post’s James Hohmann and Elise Viebeck report that Ryan has reconsidered his earlier demurral and may reluctantly agree to run for More... NYT: White House ends Syrian rebel training program 10/9/2015 8:41:50 AM  Ed Morrissey 48 Comments Consider this the Solyndra of foreign policy. Pressed to do something about the Syrian civil war, the Obama administration put together a $500 million project to build up the Free Syrian Army to fight both Bashar Assad and ISIS at the same time. Only More... Solutions: Scott Walker mulls school bathroom gender mandate 10/9/2015 8:01:31 AM  Jazz Shaw 34 Comments A government mandate (even at the state or local level) is rarely the preferred method for dealing with problems, but we may have come across the exception that proves the rule. In Wisconsin, Republican legislators have been keeping an eye on the mess More... Quotes of the day 10/8/2015 10:41:36 PM  Allahpundit 346 Comments House Speaker John Boehner "seemed to have no inkling on Thursday that his deputy, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, was preparing to withdraw from the speaker's race," the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Said Boehner, a few minutes before the vote: "I'm confident he'll More... McCaskill: How dare you criticize Hillary for claiming TPP as an achievement and then opposing it! 10/8/2015 10:01:35 PM  Ed Morrissey 62 Comments Sharks gotta swim, bats gotta fly, and surrogates gotta go on the attack to quash criticism of The Queen, or something. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) showed up on Morning Joe with a 4×8-sized chip on her shoulder for the criticism Hillary Clinton was More... Does the Iran nuclear deal violate federal law? 10/8/2015 9:21:52 PM  Ed Morrissey 36 Comments The nuclear deal with Iran may run afoul of federal law — a statute signed into law by none other than Barack Obama himself. Fox News’ James Rosen points out that the JCPOA explicitly requires the US to license economic opportunities for More... Pew: 66% of Republicans favor legal status for illegals if they meet certain requirements 10/8/2015 8:41:50 PM  Allahpundit 165 Comments Every few months Pew cranks out a poll showing GOPers surprisingly warm to the idea of letting illegals stay, and every few months we scratch our heads and try to make sense of the numbers. I gave it my best shot back in June, the last time they surveyed More... Newt Gingrich: If 218 Republicans wanted me to be Speaker again, I'd have to serve 10/8/2015 8:01:22 PM  Allahpundit 84 Comments I think we have no choice now but to make him Speaker. Apparently, he’s the only man in America who’d accept the job. Good point from Twitter pal “Political Math”: Having Newt back in the House would be a lovely complement to the More... Baltimore still paying off accusers of the police department 10/8/2015 7:21:12 PM  Jazz Shaw 20 Comments After the city of Baltimore paid off the family of Freddie Gray before the accused officers had even stepped into a courtroom you may have been hopeful that this was simply a one off, poor decision on the part of City Hall. Sadly, that doesn’t seem More... Shep Smith grills GOP Rep. Walter Jones on rumors: Do you know of a scandal involving Kevin McCarthy? 10/8/2015 6:41:34 PM  Allahpundit 45 Comments Jones can insist all he wants, as he does here, that his letter this week encouraging Speaker candidates to drop out lest they bring shame to the caucus wasn’t aimed at anyone in particular, but Shep’s right. That sort of admonition typically More... Gowdy: Newly discovered e-mails suggest Clinton influenced by Blumenthal's business in Libya 10/8/2015 6:01:34 PM  Ed Morrissey 63 Comments Did Hillary Clinton use her position as Secretary of State to benefit her unofficial aide in Libya? According to a letter sent from Benghazi select committee chair Rep. Trey Gowdy to Elijah Cummings, newly released e-mails from Hillary’s server More... Reuters: Congress demands answers on how intel agencies missed Russian offensive in Syria 10/8/2015 5:21:39 PM  Ed Morrissey 41 Comments The Syrians’ “massive offensive” with the backing of a large Russian military force in the sea and on the air apparently came as a shock to American intelligence. Now Congress wants to find out how the Russian mobilization in a critical More... Report: Boehner phones Paul Ryan, asks him to run for Speaker — or else he might stay on as Speaker himself 10/8/2015 4:41:00 PM  Allahpundit 287 Comments This makes three top House Republicans who’ve endorsed Ryan in the last two days as a potential uniting force. Yesterday it was Trey Gowdy: "To me, just speaking as one member, the smartest kid in the class is Paul Ryan," Gowdy said. "If I had one More... Megyn Kelly: Roger Ailes and I never wanted a war with Trump 10/8/2015 4:01:13 PM  Allahpundit 172 Comments A little something for Trump fans who are convinced that Fox News is on a mission from the Republican establishment to take their guy down. I never understood that — he’s the goose that lays the golden ratings eggs, and Fox cares more about More... Thursday TEMS: Duane Patterson, Craig Shirley 10/8/2015 3:21:22 PM  Ed Morrissey 1 Comments Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson brings us up to date on the week's top stories and gives us a preview of tonight's Hugh Hewitt show. “Craig Shirley's More... Rumor of the day: Mitt Romney for Speaker? 10/8/2015 2:41:12 PM  Allahpundit 184 Comments No, the rumor doesn’t come from the voice in my head that’s been whispering “Romney 2016?” post ideas to me for the past three years. This is a real thing that’s happening, according to the political director of PBS’s More... Audio: Former Hillary aide talked up TPP deal the day before Hillary opposed it 10/8/2015 2:01:19 PM  Ed Morrissey 30 Comments And people say Hillary Clinton can’t be trusted. Of course she can — trusted to make the most cynical political calculations necessary to preserve her opportunities for power. Daniel Halper finds this nugget from NPR’s interview with More... Spencer Stone, hero of attempted terror attack on French train, stabbed in Sacramento; Update: Video released 10/8/2015 1:21:05 PM  Allahpundit 87 Comments In a week when Ben Carson’s been criticized for encouraging would-be victims to charge at a shooter, a man who became famous for his heroism in doing exactly that is back in the news for the grimmest reason. I know what you’re thinking, but More... Breaking: Kevin McCarthy takes himself out of Speaker race; Update: McCarthy backs Ryan 10/8/2015 12:30:33 PM  Allahpundit 515 Comments Holy schnikes. Breaking: GOP congressman tells me @GOPLeader is postponing speaker election…and took himself out of the race. — Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) October 8, 2015 MCCARTHY OUT. Drops out of race for speaker. Election More... Iowa Democrat education forum cancelled when not a single candidate agrees to attend 10/8/2015 12:01:51 PM  Jazz Shaw 15 Comments Back in August, a half dozen of the GOP presidential candidates dutifully showed up for an Iowa forum on education reform to present their plans on the issue to the voters. A similar event is scheduled for the Democrats this month. Or perhaps I should More... Dick Cheney endorses Kevin McCarthy for Speaker as House GOP caucus gets set to vote 10/8/2015 11:21:24 AM  Allahpundit 47 Comments Does this help McCarthy at all in locking up the last few Republican votes he needs to ensure victory when the whole House votes later this month? Reportedly he’s got 200 or so in the bank, but he can’t get to 218 without help from a few More... Surprise: Hillary e-mails held in cloud storage 10/8/2015 10:41:16 AM  Ed Morrissey 153 Comments And the hits just keep on coming. Not only did Hillary Clinton’s unsecured and unauthorized e-mail system get used to store and transmit classified information, in some cases Top Secret/compartmented intelligence, the data may have gotten stored on More... In total chaos, some House Republicans rallying around the idea of a "caretaker" Speaker Ted Cruz raises $12.2 million in third quarter, twice as much as Marco Rubio Is Paul Ryan running for Speaker? Exclusive: U.S. officials conclude Iran deal violates federal law Hackers targeted Hillary Clinton's private servers (obviously) Breaking: White House to end program for training "moderate" Syrian rebels McDonald's new all-day breakfast undermines the pleasure of the Egg McMuffin Why support for gun control has declined How social media like Facebook and Instagram "cause anorexia" Is Jesse Ventura's unlikely Minnesota win a road map for Donald Trump?