HUFFPOST HILL - Paul Ryan: I'm In

Paul Ryan, refusing his party’s presidential nomination, said it should go to someone who participated in the primary -- clearly laying the groundwork for Draft Jim Gilmore. President Obama receives “Game of Thrones” screeners, though he insists he has not discussed DOJ’s Clinton email investigation with them. And Bono appeared on the Hill today, though not to answer for his complicity in forcing iTunes users to download that crappy U2 album. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Tuesday, April 12th, 2016:

PAUL RYAN P90X'S OUT PRESIDENTIAL BID - So he's running. Erica Werner: "House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday definitively ruled out a bid for president this year, insisting that the party's choice should emerge from the group of candidates who pursued the GOP nomination. 'Count me out,' he said. In a brief news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, the Wisconsin Republican sought to tamp down rampant speculation that he could end up as the party's standard-bearer if front-runner Donald Trump and the other candidates flame out at a contested convention. 'We have too much work to do in the House to allow this speculation to swirl or have my motivations questioned,' said Ryan, who was the 2012 vice presidential nominee. 'Let me be clear: I do not want, nor will I accept, the Republican nomination.' Ryan's comments come as a contested convention looks likelier by the day. Ryan and his aides have continually denied the speaker has presidential ambitions this year, but their statements have not put the issue to rest. That's partly because Ryan also denied he wanted to be speaker last fall after then-Speaker John Boehner announced his resignation, but he ended up with the job anyway." [AP]

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