U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) today again reiterated he will not run for president in 2012 and shrugged off a question about a vice presidential bid.
“Who knows?” he said during “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” at Marquette University. “That is such a hypothetical situation.”
Some conservatives hope Ryan will challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl in 2012. However, Ryan said he has not given any thought to such a bid and said for now he only has one job – correcting the budget deficit and lowering the national debt.
Earlier today, the House Budget chair announced spending limits for the remainder of the current fiscal year that he said would save $74 billion compared with President Barack Obama’s budget request.
Ryan was dismissive of the president’s State of the Union promise to veto any bill that contains pork barrel spending, likening it more to political theater than a promise. Ryan said conservative lawmakers would not pass the bills anyway.
“He can’t get bills with earmarks in them because we won’t let him get bills with earmarks in them,” Ryan said.
– WisPolitics.com
