The following article by Joe Conason was posted on the National Memo website April 11, 2018:
Evidently realizing that he might drown in the blue wave that is inundating Wisconsin, Paul Ryan announced his retirement today.
He has suggested that he might quit before, but now the Speaker faces the real prospect of involuntary ejection from Congress. He is showing the white feather, running from a midterm fight that his party appears increasingly likely to lose. Continue reading “As He Departs, Paul Ryan Will Leave A Residue Of Failure And Fraud”