Onto something! 1) Application of Feiler’s “Faster” principle 2) Problem w/ @PatrickRuffini keep-powder-dry strategy twitter.com/jpodhoretz/sta…

Anyone want to bet Ryan backs off “silver platter” demand? Why? Because pro-amnesty establishment never gives up politico.com/story/2015/10/…

Why Est. silence re Ryan? 2 contradictory premises-1) Don’t want to rile activists 2) Activists have no impact anyway politico.com/story/2015/10/…

The eerie silence re: Paul Ryan & Speakership definitely does NOT mean Establishment’s given up on installing him politico.com/story/2015/10/…

.@politico‘s “Gavel” blog (on Boehner succession) seems to have run out of gas. I know feeling politico.com/blogs/the-gavel

Blame (credit) Facebook for higher debate ratings? twitter.com/jpodhoretz/sta…

Excellent @reihan piece on why immigration moderation essential to fighting entrenched poverty. Shld B @NRO editorial natl.re/RZWTlx

Gutierrez on Amnesty Bro Ryan + buds:”if you saw what they looked like, you couldn’t listen to them.” OK! buzzfeed.com/katenocera/the…

Does any Republican lose to Hillary? Gilmore? Bueller? … foxnews.com/politics/inter…

I suspect at bottom Paul Ryan shares this view of Vin Weber’s kausfiles.com/2015/08/20/i-o…

John Fund at his apparatchikiest natl.re/36sClR via @NRO

“MISINFORMED”?-Dude goes parading around w/ Rep. Gutierrez pushing amnesty & you expect only NYT to notice Rep. Cole? nyti.ms/1LhF5h4

“Its something I feel we need to do.” Ryan, promising Gutierrez an amnesty push in 2012 when he thought he’d be VP buzzfeed.com/katenocera/the…

“But their immigration bond trumped electoral politics.” @BuzzFeed gush about the Ryan/Gutierrez amnesty buddy act buzzfeed.com/katenocera/the…

Or it could be that voters like Trump so they say they want “business & private sector” experience. Causality unclear natl.re/Bi30av

Et tu, Kinsley? realclearpolitics.com/2015/10/12/the…

I got to hear Regina Spektor and Jakob Dylan sing Love’s “No Matter What You Do,” which doesn’t happen every day timeout.com/los-angeles/bl…

To @TomColeOK04: It’s “uninformed” & “malicious” 2 note Gutierrez embraced Ryan b/c he’s for amnesty/unlimited immig? nyti.ms/1LhF5h4

Here’s @realDonaldTrump criticizing Paul Ryan for being “very weak” on illegal immigration. He is.

That nice Paul Ryan’s being criticized by wacky “far-right” figures-like, um, the leader in the GOP presidential race nyti.ms/1LhF5h4

I wrote a lede graf like this in college, but I’m embarrassed about it nyti.ms/1LhF5h4

Hannity: Paul Ryan Not the Man for Job as House Speaker #nosilverplatter

Trump not NPR enough for No Labels. twitter.com/ByronYork/stat…

Looks like there are plenty of Speaker candidates who aren’t ideologically devoted to unlimited immigration & amnesty politico.com/story/2015/10/…

“Ryan is a true-believer in unlimited employer-driven immigration.” natl.re/pID5RH