Politico has published a long, anonymously sourced piece reporting that House speaker Paul Ryan is planning to leave office after the 2018 midterms.  Coming with perfect timing against a similar Huffington Post piece, it has the look of a media hit job.  The goal is for the swamp to think Ryan is a lame duck so he can no longer be effective as House speaker. According to the piece, Ryan wants out to...spend more time with his family.  That's a hackneyed reason, all right, and usually reserved for someone who's going out in disgrace.  Politico supported it a little by citing Ryan's knowledge that he doesn't come from long-lived stock.  Well, maybe.  What it forgets is that Ryan is a fitness and vitamin fanatic, a PGX man, so the sappy claim could just as easily be baloney. After that, it's no longer about family when Politico veers to the real reason Ryan supposedly wants out: The best part of this scenario, people...(Read Full Post)